English
heart-blood
Heart-blood comes from Middle English herte blood ‘heart-blood, lifeblood’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herte blood‘heart-blood, lifeblood’
- Englishearliest quotation 1591heart-blood
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herte blood‘heart-blood, lifeblood’
- Englishearliest quotation 1591heart-blood
Earliest quotation: 1591, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “[…] I am not your king / Till I…”
Every English word from Middle English herte blood
Today it means
noun Blood needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life; lifeblood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English herte blood / heart-blood