Where does “harmdoing” come from?
harmdoing (English) comes from English doing, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
harmdoing (English): The committing of acts that cause harm
Definitions
- The committing of acts that cause harm
Ancestry of “harmdoing”, step by step
harmdoing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doing | A deed or action, especially when somebody is... |
| 2 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 3 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 4 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 5 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 6 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English harm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | harm | physical injury; hurt; damage; emotional or... |
| 2 | Middle English | harm | harm, injury, ruination |
| 3 | Old English | hearm | harm |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | harm | painful; pain, harm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harmaz | painful; sorrowful; doleful; harmful; malicious;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱormo- | suffering, pain |