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Wistats 7678/31/2023 ![]() ![]() This association has also contributed to various idiomatic expressions in the English language, such as "heartfelt," "heartbroken," "have a change of heart," and many more. Throughout history, the concept of the heart has been closely associated with emotions, courage, and the center of human emotions and feelings. Modern English: Eventually, in Modern English, the word settled into its current form, "heart," and has retained this form to the present day.Middle English: During the Middle English period, the term underwent a gradual transformation and became "hearte" or "herte," but the meaning remained consistent.Old English: In Old English, the word became "heorte," which retained the same meaning as its predecessors.Proto-Germanic: From PIE, the term evolved into the Proto-Germanic word *hertô, still meaning "heart.".Proto-Indo-European (PIE): The word is believed to have originated from the PIE root *kerd-, which meant "heart" or "to feel.".Here's a summary of its historical development: The word "heart" has an ancient etymology that can be traced back to various Indo-European languages. I get 1 point for guessing in three, but I tied the Wordle Bot so that’s zero for a grand total of 1 point! Huzzah! I figured since I’d already followed my brain, I might as well follow my heart as well, and lucky I did! (And how ironic that I’d open with brain and end with heart!) Today’s Score I could think of two, in any case: heard or heart. That got me yellow, but I also had a yellow ‘H’ and share reduced my remaining choices to just two. That’s still a lot to parse through, but I figured I’d leave the ‘A’ in its green box and shuffle the ‘R.’ I had a hunch that ‘E’ would be the other vowel, but I was hoping it would be in that final box, and it wasn’t. I used my brain on the opening guess and slashed the remaining solutions down from around 2,400 to just 46. ![]() Not quite as good as yesterdays (I got it in just two!) but not bad, either. Today's Wordle Credit: Erik Kain See yesterday’s Wordle #766 right here. ![]()
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