ENGLISH ROOT WORD: hard "hard." from Old English heard, hearde

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【hard】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "heard," and "hearde." It carries the basic meaning of "hard." from PIE *kortu- ""

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "hard"]

hard ****[215] with a lot of effort or energy
hardly ****[1865] barely scarcely

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[WORD ROOT]root hard
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] hard
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) heard, hearde
[MEANING]root hard

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 heard solid and firm, not soft, (also) difficult to endure, carried on with great exertion, (also, of persons) severe, rigorous, harsh, cruel
• 【Old English】 hearde [=heard] firmly, severely

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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hard ★★★★[215] adjective from hard
【DEFINITION】 ① with a lot of effort or energy
② in a very forceful way ; in a loud and forceful way
③ in a very direct and intense way
【VARIATIONs】 비교; hard < harder < hardest
【SYNONYM】 tough
【ANTONYM】 soft, easy
【ROOTs】 hard; hard
【Etymology】 《Old English heard》 solid and firm, not soft, (also) difficult to endure, carried on with great exertion, (also, of persons) severe, rigorous, harsh, cruel
【First Known Meaning】 solid and firm, not soft,
【DERIVATIVEs】 hard, harden, hardly, hardness, hardship, hardy

hardly ★★★★[1865] adverb from hard
【DEFINITION】 ① barely scarcely
② used to say that something was almost not possible or almost did not happen
③ almost not at all
【SYNONYM】 rarely
【COMPOSITION】 hard + ly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ hard; hard ⑵ ly; adverb suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English heard》 solid and firm, not soft, (also) difficult to endure, carried on with great exertion, (also, of persons) severe, rigorous, harsh, cruel
【First Known Meaning】 in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort,
【DERIVATIVEs】 hard, harden, hardly, hardness, hardship, hardy

[Other words containing "hard"];
harden [11542] to become hard or firm or to make (something) hard or firm
hardware [7600] In computer systems, hardware refers to the machines themselves as opposed to the programs which tell the machines what to do. Compare software.
hardwire make (a pattern of behaviour or belief) standard or instinctive
hardwired [12716] having permanent electronic circuits and connections

[Others]: caseharden, diehard, foolhardy, hardened, hardener, hardening, hardness, hardship, hardwareman, hardworking, hardy

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

hap
hand
hair
hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-
guilt
guard
grow
ground
gross
grad-, gred-, gress-

 

 

 

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