English

heavyhearted

From heavy + hearted.

A compound of heavy + hearted

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to take’

Proto-Germanic *habīgaz ‘heavy’

Proto-West Germanic *habīg ‘heavy’

Old English hefiġ ‘heavy’

Middle English hevy ‘having great weight’

English heavy

Middle English herte

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

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heavyhearted