Where does “detriment” come from?

Detriment comes from Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum, derived from Latin deterere meaning to wear away, ultimately from Latin terere meaning to rub or wear.

detriment (English): Harm, hurt, damage; A charge made to students and...

Definitions

  1. Harm, hurt, damage; A charge made to students and...

Ancestry of “detriment”, step by step

detriment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French détriment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdétrimentdetriment
2Latindetrimentumharm, loss, damage; defeat; detriment
3Latindēterōto rub off, rub away, wear out, rasp
4Latindē-of; from
5Latinof; concerning; about
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Old French detriement

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdetriementdetriment

Words derived from “detriment

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti
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