English word heartbroken comes from English broken, English hand
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| broken | English (eng) | (colloquial, US, of a, situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.. (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.. (of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.. (of a, line) Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.. (of a, person) Completely defeated and [...] |
| hand | English (eng) | (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.. (chiefly, in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.. (heading) In [...] |
| heartbroken | English (eng) | Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance. |