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English word hearth comes from Latin crescendum, Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *herþaz (Hearth, fireplace.)
crescendum (Latin)
*kerh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kérh₃tos (Proto-Indo-European)
*kor- (Proto-Indo-European)
sincerus (Latin)
Clean, pure, sound.. Genuine, sincere.. Real, natural.. Uninjured, whole.
*herþaz (Proto-Germanic)
Hearth, fireplace.
heorþ (Old English)
Hearth.
herth (Middle English)
hearth (English)
(figurative) Home or family life.. (paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.. A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.. The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.