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English word origin

Etymology of heart

PIE word *ḱḗr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart From Middle English harte, heorrte,

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verb

To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol. · To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤). · To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage. · To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.

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PIE word *ḱḗr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart From Middle English harte, heorrte, hert, herte, hierte, hirte, horte, huerte, hurte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”), from *ḱerd- (“heart”). Doublet of cardia; see also core. Cognates Cognate with Scots hert (“heart”), Yola hart, hearth (“heart”), North Frisian hart, härt (“heart”), Saterland Frisian Haat (“heart”), West Frisian hert (“heart”), Dutch hart (“heart”), West Flemish erte (“heart”), Low German Hart, Hiärt (“heart”), Luxembourgish Häerz (“heart”), German Hertz, Herz, Herze (“heart”), Alemannic German Härz (“heart”), Central Franconian Hatz, Hätz (“heart”), Cimbrian hèertze, hèrtz (“heart”), Mòcheno hèrz (“heart”), Vilamovian haoc (“heart”), Yiddish האַרץ (harts), הערץ (herts, “heart”), Danish hierte, hjerte, hjærte (“heart”), Elfdalian järta (“heart”), Faroese and Icelandic hjarta (“heart”), Jutish jaart (“heart”), Norwegian Bokmål hjerte (“heart”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta, hjarte, hjerta, hjerte (“heart”), Swedish hjärta (“heart”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō, “heart”); also Cornish kres (“centre, middle; waist”), Irish croí, croidhe (“heart; core; hub; sweetheart”), Manx cree (“heart”), Scottish Gaelic cridhe (“heart; courage; core; nucleus; sweetheart”), Welsh craidd (“centre, core, middle”), Latin cor (“heart”), Greek καρδιά (kardiá, “heart”), Albanian kërth (“askew”), Latgalian sirds (“heart”), Latvian sirde, sirds (“heart”), Lithuanian širdis (“heart”), Old Prussian seyr (“heart”), Belarusian сэ́рца (sérca, “heart”), Bulgarian сърце́ (sărcé, “heart; centre”), Czech and Slovak srdce (“heart”), Macedonian срце (srce, “heart”), Polish serce (“heart”), Russian се́рдце (sérdce, “heart”), Serbo-Croatian ср̏це, sȑce (“heart”), Slovene srce (“heart”), Ukrainian се́рце (sérce, “heart”), Armenian սիրտ (sirt, “heart”), Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd, “heart”), Baluchi زرد (zird, “heart; conscience”), Central Kurdish زر (zir, “heart”), Persian دل (del / dil, “heart; stomach; mind; courage”), Gurani زێڵ (zēł, “heart”), Northern Kurdish dil (“heart”), Ossetian зӕрдӕ (zærdæ, “heart; soul”), Pashto زړه (zrë, “heart”), Talysh dıl (“heart”), Zazaki zerri (“heart”), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (ker), 𒊮𒅕 (ŠÀ-er, “heart”), Luwian 𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝 (UZUzārza), 𔖪𔖱𔖪 (zārza, “heart”), Ashkun židi (“heart”), Kamkata-viri j̈arë, zërë (“heart”), Prasuni zër (“heart”), Tocharian A kri (“will”), Tocharian B *käryā- (“heart”), Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd, “heart; soul; breast, chest”). Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old English. However, the meaning “center” dates from the early 14th century. The verb sense “to love” is from the 1977 I ❤ NY advertising campaign. Notes on spelling The spelling ⟨ear⟩ for /ɑː(ɹ)/ is paralleled by hearken and hearth, but is problematic since an Early Modern variant with /ɛːr/ can be posited for those words, but not heart. Perhaps it represents Middle Scots hart /hɛːrt/ (reflecting the Scots lengthening of /a/ before /r/ then a consonant, then the early actuation of the Great Vowel Shift in Scots) or a parallel development in Northern England. Alternatively, a back-spelling by speakers of dialects where preconsonantal /ɛːr/ was shortened early, allowing it to undergo the late Middle English lowering to /ar/ (reflected in forms such as larn "learn") is possible.

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      "expansion": "North Frisian hart"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Haat (“heart”)"
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hert",
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      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hert (“heart”)"
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hart",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hart (“heart”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "vls",
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        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "West Flemish erte (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
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      },
      "expansion": "Low German Hart"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
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        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish Häerz (“heart”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hertz"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hertz"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "Härz",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German Härz (“heart”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "Hatz"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Franconian Hatz"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cim",
        "2": "hèertze"
      },
      "expansion": "Cimbrian hèertze"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "mhn",
        "2": "hèrz",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Mòcheno hèrz (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "haoc",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Vilamovian haoc (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish האַרץ (harts)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hierte"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hierte"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ovd",
        "2": "järta",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Elfdalian järta (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fo,is",
        "2": "hjarta",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic hjarta (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "jut",
        "2": "jaart",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Jutish jaart (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "hjerte",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål hjerte (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "hjarta"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hjärta",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hjärta (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "kres",
        "t": "centre, middle; waist"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish kres (“centre, middle; waist”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "croí"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish croí"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cree",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx cree (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cridhe",
        "t": "heart; courage; core; nucleus; sweetheart"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic cridhe (“heart; courage; core; nucleus; sweetheart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "craidd",
        "t": "centre, core, middle"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh craidd (“centre, core, middle”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cor",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cor (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "καρδιά",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek καρδιά (kardiá, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "kërth",
        "t": "askew"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian kërth (“askew”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ltg",
        "2": "sirds",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Latgalian sirds (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sirde"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sirde"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "širdis",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian širdis (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "seyr",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian seyr (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "сэ́рца",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian сэ́рца (sérca, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "сърце́",
        "t": "heart; centre"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian сърце́ (sărcé, “heart; centre”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cs,sk",
        "2": "srdce",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech and Slovak srdce (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "mk",
        "2": "срце",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Macedonian срце (srce, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "serce",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish serce (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "се́рдце",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian се́рдце (sérdce, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ср̏це"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ср̏це"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "srce",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene srce (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "се́рце",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian се́рце (sérce, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "սիրտ",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian սիրտ (sirt, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "زرد",
        "tr": "zird",
        "t": "heart; conscience"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi زرد (zird, “heart; conscience”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "زر",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish زر (zir, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "دل",
        "tr": "del / dil",
        "t": "heart; stomach; mind; courage"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian دل (del / dil, “heart; stomach; mind; courage”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hac",
        "2": "زێڵ",
        "tr": "zēł",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Gurani زێڵ (zēł, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "dil",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish dil (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "зӕрдӕ",
        "t": "heart; soul"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian зӕрдӕ (zærdæ, “heart; soul”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "زړه",
        "tr": "zrë",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto زړه (zrë, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "tly",
        "2": "dıl",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Talysh dıl (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "zerri",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Zazaki zerri (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒆠𒅕",
        "tr": "ker"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (ker)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xlu",
        "2": "𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝",
        "tr": "UZUzārza"
      },
      "expansion": "Luwian 𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝 (UZUzārza)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ask",
        "2": "židi",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Ashkun židi (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bsh",
        "2": "j̈arë"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamkata-viri j̈arë"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "prn",
        "2": "zër",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Prasuni zër (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "kri",
        "t": "will"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A kri (“will”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "*käryā-",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B *käryā- (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "हृद्",
        "t": "heart; soul; breast, chest"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd, “heart; soul; breast, chest”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "col-top",
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "Notes on spelling"
      },
      "expansion": "Notes on spelling"
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      "hjarte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
    [
      "croí",
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    ],
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      "cor#Latin"
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    [
      "καρδιά",
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    ],
    [
      "kërth",
      "kërth#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "sirds",
      "sirds#Latgalian"
    ],
    [
      "sirde",
      "sirde#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "sirds",
      "sirds#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "širdis",
      "širdis#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "seyr",
      "seyr#Old_Prussian"
    ],
    [
      "сэ́рца",
      "сэрца#Belarusian"
    ],
    [
      "сърце́",
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    ],
    [
      "Czech",
      "srdce#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "srdce",
      "srdce#Slovak"
    ],
    [
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      "срце#Macedonian"
    ],
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      "serce",
      "serce#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "се́рдце",
      "сердце#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "ср̏це",
      "срце#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "sȑce",
      "srce#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
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      "srce",
      "srce#Slovene"
    ],
    [
      "се́рце",
      "серце#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "սիրտ",
      "սիրտ#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛",
      "𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛#Avestan"
    ],
    [
      "زرد",
      "زرد#Baluchi"
    ],
    [
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      "زر#Central_Kurdish"
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      "دل",
      "دل#Persian"
    ],
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    ],
    [
      "dil",
      "dil#Northern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "зӕрдӕ",
      "зӕрдӕ#Ossetian"
    ],
    [
      "زړه",
      "زړه#Pashto"
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      "dıl",
      "dıl#Talysh"
    ],
    [
      "zerri",
      "zerri#Zazaki"
    ],
    [
      "𒆠𒅕",
      "𒆠𒅕#Hittite"
    ],
    [
      "𒊮𒅕",
      "𒊮𒅕#Hittite"
    ],
    [
      "𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝",
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    ],
    [
      "𔖪𔖱𔖪",
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      "židi#Ashkun"
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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion. · One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character. · The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality. · Compassion.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

PIE word *ḱḗr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart From Middle English harte, heorrte, hert, herte, hierte, hirte, horte, huerte, hurte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”), from *ḱerd- (“heart”). Doublet of cardia; see also core. Cognates Cognate with Scots hert (“heart”), Yola hart, hearth (“heart”), North Frisian hart, härt (“heart”), Saterland Frisian Haat (“heart”), West Frisian hert (“heart”), Dutch hart (“heart”), West Flemish erte (“heart”), Low German Hart, Hiärt (“heart”), Luxembourgish Häerz (“heart”), German Hertz, Herz, Herze (“heart”), Alemannic German Härz (“heart”), Central Franconian Hatz, Hätz (“heart”), Cimbrian hèertze, hèrtz (“heart”), Mòcheno hèrz (“heart”), Vilamovian haoc (“heart”), Yiddish האַרץ (harts), הערץ (herts, “heart”), Danish hierte, hjerte, hjærte (“heart”), Elfdalian järta (“heart”), Faroese and Icelandic hjarta (“heart”), Jutish jaart (“heart”), Norwegian Bokmål hjerte (“heart”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta, hjarte, hjerta, hjerte (“heart”), Swedish hjärta (“heart”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō, “heart”); also Cornish kres (“centre, middle; waist”), Irish croí, croidhe (“heart; core; hub; sweetheart”), Manx cree (“heart”), Scottish Gaelic cridhe (“heart; courage; core; nucleus; sweetheart”), Welsh craidd (“centre, core, middle”), Latin cor (“heart”), Greek καρδιά (kardiá, “heart”), Albanian kërth (“askew”), Latgalian sirds (“heart”), Latvian sirde, sirds (“heart”), Lithuanian širdis (“heart”), Old Prussian seyr (“heart”), Belarusian сэ́рца (sérca, “heart”), Bulgarian сърце́ (sărcé, “heart; centre”), Czech and Slovak srdce (“heart”), Macedonian срце (srce, “heart”), Polish serce (“heart”), Russian се́рдце (sérdce, “heart”), Serbo-Croatian ср̏це, sȑce (“heart”), Slovene srce (“heart”), Ukrainian се́рце (sérce, “heart”), Armenian սիրտ (sirt, “heart”), Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd, “heart”), Baluchi زرد (zird, “heart; conscience”), Central Kurdish زر (zir, “heart”), Persian دل (del / dil, “heart; stomach; mind; courage”), Gurani زێڵ (zēł, “heart”), Northern Kurdish dil (“heart”), Ossetian зӕрдӕ (zærdæ, “heart; soul”), Pashto زړه (zrë, “heart”), Talysh dıl (“heart”), Zazaki zerri (“heart”), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (ker), 𒊮𒅕 (ŠÀ-er, “heart”), Luwian 𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝 (UZUzārza), 𔖪𔖱𔖪 (zārza, “heart”), Ashkun židi (“heart”), Kamkata-viri j̈arë, zërë (“heart”), Prasuni zër (“heart”), Tocharian A kri (“will”), Tocharian B *käryā- (“heart”), Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd, “heart; soul; breast, chest”). Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old English. However, the meaning “center” dates from the early 14th century. The verb sense “to love” is from the 1977 I ❤ NY advertising campaign. Notes on spelling The spelling ⟨ear⟩ for /ɑː(ɹ)/ is paralleled by hearken and hearth, but is problematic since an Early Modern variant with /ɛːr/ can be posited for those words, but not heart. Perhaps it represents Middle Scots hart /hɛːrt/ (reflecting the Scots lengthening of /a/ before /r/ then a consonant, then the early actuation of the Great Vowel Shift in Scots) or a parallel development in Northern England. Alternatively, a back-spelling by speakers of dialects where preconsonantal /ɛːr/ was shortened early, allowing it to undergo the late Middle English lowering to /ar/ (reflected in forms such as larn "learn") is possible.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

This page abbreviates 12 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "nds",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "t": "heart"
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      "expansion": "Luxembourgish Häerz (“heart”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      "expansion": "German Hertz"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "cim",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic hjarta (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "jut",
        "2": "jaart",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Jutish jaart (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "hjerte",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål hjerte (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "hjarta"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hjärta",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hjärta (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "kres",
        "t": "centre, middle; waist"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish kres (“centre, middle; waist”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "croí"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish croí"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cree",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx cree (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cridhe",
        "t": "heart; courage; core; nucleus; sweetheart"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic cridhe (“heart; courage; core; nucleus; sweetheart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "craidd",
        "t": "centre, core, middle"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh craidd (“centre, core, middle”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cor",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cor (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "καρδιά",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek καρδιά (kardiá, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "kërth",
        "t": "askew"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian kërth (“askew”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ltg",
        "2": "sirds",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Latgalian sirds (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sirde"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sirde"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "širdis",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian širdis (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "seyr",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian seyr (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "сэ́рца",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian сэ́рца (sérca, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "сърце́",
        "t": "heart; centre"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian сърце́ (sărcé, “heart; centre”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cs,sk",
        "2": "srdce",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech and Slovak srdce (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "mk",
        "2": "срце",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Macedonian срце (srce, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "serce",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish serce (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "се́рдце",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian се́рдце (sérdce, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ср̏це"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ср̏це"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "srce",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene srce (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "се́рце",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian се́рце (sérce, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "սիրտ",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian սիրտ (sirt, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "زرد",
        "tr": "zird",
        "t": "heart; conscience"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi زرد (zird, “heart; conscience”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "زر",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish زر (zir, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "دل",
        "tr": "del / dil",
        "t": "heart; stomach; mind; courage"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian دل (del / dil, “heart; stomach; mind; courage”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hac",
        "2": "زێڵ",
        "tr": "zēł",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Gurani زێڵ (zēł, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "dil",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish dil (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "зӕрдӕ",
        "t": "heart; soul"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian зӕрдӕ (zærdæ, “heart; soul”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "زړه",
        "tr": "zrë",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto زړه (zrë, “heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "tly",
        "2": "dıl",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Talysh dıl (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "zerri",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Zazaki zerri (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒆠𒅕",
        "tr": "ker"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (ker)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xlu",
        "2": "𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝",
        "tr": "UZUzārza"
      },
      "expansion": "Luwian 𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝 (UZUzārza)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ask",
        "2": "židi",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Ashkun židi (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bsh",
        "2": "j̈arë"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamkata-viri j̈arë"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "prn",
        "2": "zër",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Prasuni zër (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "kri",
        "t": "will"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A kri (“will”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "*käryā-",
        "t": "heart"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B *käryā- (“heart”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "हृद्",
        "t": "heart; soul; breast, chest"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd, “heart; soul; breast, chest”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "col-top",
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "Notes on spelling"
      },
      "expansion": "Notes on spelling"
    },
    {
      "name": "m+",
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-msc",
        "2": "hart"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Scots hart"
    },
    {
      "name": "etymon",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:herte<id:heart>",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱerd-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱérd\nProto-Germanic *hertô\nProto-West Germanic *hertā\nOld English heorte\nMiddle English herte\nEnglish heart"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "*ḱḗr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱḗr"
    ],
    [
      "*ḱerd-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱerd-#Proto-Indo-European:_heart"
    ],
    [
      "*ḱérd",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱérd"
    ],
    [
      "*hertô",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hertô"
    ],
    [
      "*hertā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hertā"
    ],
    [
      "heorte",
      "heorte#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "herte",
      "herte#Middle_English:_heart"
    ],
    [
      "harte",
      "harte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "heorrte",
      "heorrte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "hert",
      "hert#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "herte",
      "herte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "hierte",
      "hierte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "hirte",
      "hirte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "horte",
      "horte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "huerte",
      "huerte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "hurte",
      "hurte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "heorte",
      "heorte#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*hertā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hertā"
    ],
    [
      "*hertô",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hertô"
    ],
    [
      "*ḱḗr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱḗr"
    ],
    [
      "*ḱerd-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱerd-"
    ],
    [
      "cardia",
      "cardia#English"
    ],
    [
      "core",
      "core#English"
    ],
    [
      "hert",
      "hert#Scots"
    ],
    [
      "hart",
      "hart#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "hearth",
      "hearth#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "hart",
      "hart#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "härt",
      "härt#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "Haat",
      "Haat#Saterland_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "hert",
      "hert#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "hart",
      "hart#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "erte",
      "erte#West_Flemish"
    ],
    [
      "Hart",
      "Hart#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "Hiärt",
      "Hiärt#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "Häerz",
      "Häerz#Luxembourgish"
    ],
    [
      "Hertz",
      "Hertz#German"
    ],
    [
      "Herz",
      "Herz#German"
    ],
    [
      "Herze",
      "Herze#German"
    ],
    [
      "Härz",
      "Härz#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "Hatz",
      "Hatz#Central_Franconian"
    ],
    [
      "Hätz",
      "Hätz#Central_Franconian"
    ],
    [
      "hèertze",
      "hèertze#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "hèrtz",
      "hèrtz#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "hèrz",
      "hèrz#Mòcheno"
    ],
    [
      "haoc",
      "haoc#Vilamovian"
    ],
    [
      "האַרץ",
      "האַרץ#Yiddish"
    ],
    [
      "הערץ",
      "הערץ#Yiddish"
    ],
    [
      "hierte",
      "hierte#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "hjerte",
      "hjerte#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "hjærte",
      "hjærte#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "järta",
      "järta#Elfdalian"
    ],
    [
      "Faroese",
      "hjarta#Faroese"
    ],
    [
      "hjarta",
      "hjarta#Icelandic"
    ],
    [
      "jaart",
      "jaart#Jutish"
    ],
    [
      "hjerte",
      "hjerte#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "hjarta",
      "hjarta#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "hjarte",
      "hjarte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "hjerta",
      "hjerta#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "hjerte",
      "hjerte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "hjärta",
      "hjärta#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉",
      "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "kres",
      "kres#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "croí",
      "croí#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "croidhe",
      "croidhe#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "cree",
      "cree#Manx"
    ],
    [
      "cridhe",
      "cridhe#Scottish_Gaelic"
    ],
    [
      "craidd",
      "craidd#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "cor",
      "cor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "καρδιά",
      "καρδιά#Greek"
    ],
    [
      "kërth",
      "kërth#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "sirds",
      "sirds#Latgalian"
    ],
    [
      "sirde",
      "sirde#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "sirds",
      "sirds#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "širdis",
      "širdis#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "seyr",
      "seyr#Old_Prussian"
    ],
    [
      "сэ́рца",
      "сэрца#Belarusian"
    ],
    [
      "сърце́",
      "сърце#Bulgarian"
    ],
    [
      "Czech",
      "srdce#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "srdce",
      "srdce#Slovak"
    ],
    [
      "срце",
      "срце#Macedonian"
    ],
    [
      "serce",
      "serce#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "се́рдце",
      "сердце#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "ср̏це",
      "срце#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "sȑce",
      "srce#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "srce",
      "srce#Slovene"
    ],
    [
      "се́рце",
      "серце#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "սիրտ",
      "սիրտ#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛",
      "𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛#Avestan"
    ],
    [
      "زرد",
      "زرد#Baluchi"
    ],
    [
      "زر",
      "زر#Central_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "دل",
      "دل#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "زێڵ",
      "زێڵ#Gurani"
    ],
    [
      "dil",
      "dil#Northern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "зӕрдӕ",
      "зӕрдӕ#Ossetian"
    ],
    [
      "زړه",
      "زړه#Pashto"
    ],
    [
      "dıl",
      "dıl#Talysh"
    ],
    [
      "zerri",
      "zerri#Zazaki"
    ],
    [
      "𒆠𒅕",
      "𒆠𒅕#Hittite"
    ],
    [
      "𒊮𒅕",
      "𒊮𒅕#Hittite"
    ],
    [
      "𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝",
      "𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝#Luwian"
    ],
    [
      "𔖪𔖱𔖪",
      "𔖪𔖱𔖪#Luwian"
    ],
    [
      "židi",
      "židi#Ashkun"
    ],
    [
      "j̈arë",
      "j̈arë#Kamkata-viri"
    ],
    [
      "zërë",
      "zërë#Kamkata-viri"
    ],
    [
      "zër",
      "zër#Prasuni"
    ],
    [
      "kri",
      "kri#Tocharian_A"
    ],
    [
      "*käryā-",
      "Reconstruction:Tocharian B/käryā-"
    ],
    [
      "हृद्",
      "हृद्#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "hearken",
      "hearken#English"
    ],
    [
      "hearth",
      "hearth#English"
    ],
    [
      "hart",
      "hart#Middle_Scots"
    ],
    [
      "larn",
      "larn#English"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "word": "ati"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Torres Strait Creole",
      "lang_code": "tcs",
      "word": "at"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "word": "হার্ট",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "harṭ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "lang_code": "yue",
      "word": "heart",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "word": "Heart",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "hart",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "word": "ハート",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hāto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "word": "ハツ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hatsu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "word": "하트",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hateu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Pohnpeian",
      "lang_code": "pon",
      "word": "aht",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "word": "Heart",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
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