hearth

English

/hɑːθ/, /hɑɹθ/, /hɜːɹθ/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
  • (figurative) Home or family life.
  • (paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English herth inherited from Old English heorþ (hearth) inherited from *herþ derived from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ker-

Gloss

army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

火

Emoji
🪖

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