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Hepplewhite [Hepplewhite 词源字典]: as a modifier, by 1878, in reference to style of furniture introduced in England by cabinetmaker George Hepplewhite (d.1786). The proper name is from Heblethwaite, near Sedbergh in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[Hepplewhite etymology, Hepplewhite origin, 英语词源]
hepta-: before vowels hept-, word-forming element meaning "seven," from Greek hepta "seven" (see seven).
heptagon (n.): 1560s, from Middle French heptagon, from Greek heptagonon, from hepta "seven" (cognate with Latin septem, Gothic sibun, Old English seofon; see seven) + gonia "angle" (see -gon). Related: Heptagonal.
her (objective case): Old English hire, third person singular feminine dative pronoun, which beginning in 10c. replaced accusative hie (see he). Cognate with Old Frisian hiri, Middle Dutch hore, Dutch haar, Old High German iru, German ihr.
her (possessive case): Old English hire, third person singular feminine genitive form of heo "she" (see she).
Hera: sister and wife of Zeus, from Greek Hera, literally "protectress," related to heros "hero," originally "defender, protector."
Heracles: also Herakles, alternate (more classically correct) forms of Hercules.
herald (n.): late 13c. (in Anglo-Latin); c. 1200 as a surname, "messenger, envoy," from Anglo-French heraud, Old French heraut, hiraut (12c.), perhaps from Frankish *hariwald "commander of an army," from Proto-Germanic *harja "army" (from PIE root *koro- "war;" see harry) + *waldaz "to command, rule" (see wield). The form fits, but the sense evolution is difficult to explain, unless in reference to the chief officer of a tournament, who introduced knights and made decisions on rules (which was one of the early senses, often as heraud of armes, though not the earliest in English).
herald (v.): late 14c., "to sound the praises of," from herald (n.). Related: Heralded; heralding.
heraldic (adj.): 1772, on model of French héraldique (15c.), from Medieval Latin heraldus (see herald).
heraldry (n.): "art of arms and armorial bearings," late 14c., heraldy, from Old French hiraudie "heralds collectively," from hiraut (see herald (n.)). The spelling with -r- is attested from 1570s (see poetry, pedantry).
herb (n.): c. 1300, erbe "non-woody plant," from Old French erbe "grass, herb, plant" (12c.), from Latin herba "grass, an herb, herbage, turf." Refashioned after Latin since 15c., but the h- was mute until 19c. Slang meaning "marijuana" is attested from 1960s.
herbaceous (adj.): 1640s, from Latin herbaceus, from herba (see herb).
herbage (n.): late 14c., "non-woody plants collectively," from Old French erbage or directly from Medieval Latin herbagium; see herb + -age.
herbal (adj.): 1610s, from Latin herbalis, from herba (see herb).
herbalist (n.): 1590s; see herbal + -ist. Earlier such a person might have been called herber (early 13c. as a surname).
Herbert: masc. proper name, introduced in England by the Normans, from Old French Herbert, Latinized from Frankish *Hari-berct, *Her(e)-bert, literally "army-bright;" see harry (v.) + bright (adj.).
herbicide (n.): 1888, originally a trademark name, from herb + -cide.
herbivore (n.): 1851, from Modern Latin herbivora (1830) or French herbivore (1748), from Latin herbivorus, from herba "a herb" + vorare "devour, swallow" (see voracity).
herbivorous (adj.): "plant-eating," 1660s, from Modern Latin herbivorus, from Latin herba "a herb" + vorare "devour, swallow" (see voracity).