Plural of hearth; multiple fireplaces or the central areas of multiple homes where fires burn for warmth and cooking.
Plural form of 'hearth' (Old English 'hearþ'), which derives from Proto-Germanic roots meaning the stone or brick platform at the base of a fireplace.
The word 'hearth' appears in nearly every European language because the concept was so universally central to human civilization—every culture needed a word for the place where the family gathered and survival happened.
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