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hearth

/ˈhɑːθ/HAHRTH
/ˈhɑɹθ/HAHRTH

Meaningfireplace

Common meaning: the floor of a fireplace

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAR‘bum’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 57, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old Englishheorð‘hearth’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishherthesource
  4. Englishhearth‘the floor of a fireplace’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English heorð ‘hearth’.

Roots

  • heorð Old English “hearth”

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