English
heartwhole
From heart + whole.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- ‘heart’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd
Proto-Germanic *hertô ‘heart’
Proto-West Germanic *hertā ‘heart’
Old English heorte ‘heart (muscle)’
Middle English herte ‘the heart’
English heart
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy’
Proto-Germanic *hailaz ‘whole, unbroken, intact’
Proto-West Germanic *hail ‘healthy, sound’
Old English hāl ‘sound, healthy, intact’
Middle English hol ‘healthy’
English whole
Today it means
adj Undismayed, not abashed or frightened; healthy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heartwhole