English
heartly
Heartly comes from Middle English hertly, and goes back to Old English *heortlīċ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*heortlīċreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hertly
- Englishearliest quotation 1926heartly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*heortlīċreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hertly
- Englishearliest quotation 1926heartly
Earliest quotation: 1926, Sir Hugh Walpole: “'[…] I wish you very good fortune.' He found…”
Formed from heart + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
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Proto-Germanic *hertô
Proto-West Germanic *hertā
Old English heorte
Middle English harte
English heart
The story
From Middle English hertly, hertely, hertelyche, from Old English *heortlīċ, *ġeheortlīċ (attested only as an adverb: ġeheortlīċe (‘thoroughly, virorously’)), equivalent to heart + -ly.
Every English word from Old English *heortlīċ
Today it means
adj Full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *heortlīċ / heartly