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Where does “injure” come from?

Injure comes from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniuria meaning wrongdoing or insult, formed from Latin in- and Latin in, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.

injure (English): To wound or cause physical harm to a living...

Definitions

  1. To wound or cause physical harm to a living...

Ancestry of “injure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinjuryDamage to the body of a human or animal; The...
2Middle EnglishinjurieInjury, damage; violation of one's effects or...
3Anglo-Normaninjurieinjury; damage; harm
4Latininiūria—
5Latininiūrius—
6Latiniūs—
7Latindīcō—
8Latin-tiō—
9Latindissertātiō—
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line

Words derived from “injure”

  • injurer
  • reinjure
  • injureth
  • uninjurable
  • injurable
  • injurest
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