131: hot and heat Apr 18, 2015

With the movement deeper and deeper into spring each day, keep cool everyone. The words 'heat' and 'hot' both sound and sound similar, which is because the words are related; the meaning of heat is "the state of being hot". Even though these words are related in Modern English, their derivations are different: 'heat' comes from the Old English noun, 'hǣtu', which in turn comes from the verb 'hǣtan', whereas 'hot' comes from the Old English word 'hāt', which is not related to 'hǣtu'.