English

goodhearted

Goodhearted comes from Middle English gode herted.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1921, Anthony Wharton: “She saw that Velvin, if a stubborn man, was…”

A compound of good + hearted

Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, be associated, suit’

Proto-Germanic *gōdaz ‘good’

Proto-West Germanic *gōd ‘good’

Old English gōd ‘good’

Middle English good

English good

Middle English herte

Middle English herted ‘having a specified disposition, emotion, or…’

Every English word from Middle English gode herted

adj kind, generous and altruistic

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