## Etymology
A compound of broken (past participle of break) + hearted (from heart, Old English heorte), describing a heart figuratively shattered by grief.

## AI Etymology
Brokenhearted is a compound of broken (past participle of break) + hearted (from heart, Old English heorte), describing a heart figuratively shattered by grief. The historical trail runs through heorte in Old English and brecan in Old English. Morphologically, brokenhearted is transparent: it is a compound of broken (past participle of break) + hearted (from heart, Old English heorte), describing a heart figuratively shattered by grief. Used as an adjective, brokenhearted now means "overwhelmed by grief or disappointment, especially in love", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as broken, heart, and heartbroken. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct.

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