Etymology

heartsick

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Today it means: Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore. Full definition →

English sick ← Middle English sik ← Old English sēc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱérd
  3. Proto-Germanic*hertô
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hertā
  5. Old Englishheorte
  6. Middle Englishherte
  7. Englishheart
  8. Proto-Germanic*seukaną
  9. Proto-Germanic*seukaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*seuk
  11. Old Englishsēoc
  12. Old Englishsēc
  13. Middle Englishsik
  14. Englishsick
  15. English todayheartsick

From heart + sick.

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