Etymology

inheart

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Today it means: To put heart into; make hearty. Full definition →

English heart ← Middle English herte ← Old English heorte
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  1. Englishin-
  2. Proto-Germanic*hertô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hertā
  4. Old Englishheorte
  5. Middle Englishherte
  6. Englishheart
  7. English todayinheart

From in- + heart. Compare inhearten/enhearten.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.