Other forms: heralded, heralds, heralding
To herald is to announce that something is coming. Herald a new era, heralded as a breakthrough, herald the spring.
It is nearly always used of good news or of change, and heralded as is a warning that the claim came from somebody with an interest. As a noun a herald was an officer who carried messages between armies and was protected while doing it.
1verbheraldTo announce that something is coming.
“The first snowdrops herald the end of winter.”
herald is an announcing.
HERald → you HEAR him first
A man rides into the town square and shouts until every window is open and the whole street can hear that the king is on his way.
hooks ontohear
Old French heraut comes from a Frankish word meaning an army leader. A herald carried messages between armies.
Proto-Indo-European
*ker- — army
Proto-Germanic
*harjawaldaz
Frankish
*heriwald
Old French
heraut
Anglo-Norman
heraud
Middle English
herald
Latin
heraldus
English, today
herald
Built from
From Latin heraldus, from Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, from Anglo-Norman heraud, from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern French héraut), from Frankish heriwald, from Proto-Germanic harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European ker- (“army”) + h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). a doublet of Harold and Harald; compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA