Where does “injurious” come from?
Injurious comes from Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniuriosus, combining Latin in- and -osus with the root iniuria meaning wrongful act or insult.
injurious (English): Causing physical harm or injury; harmful,...
Definitions
- Causing physical harm or injury; harmful,...
Ancestry of “injurious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | injurious | Rude, offensive, distasteful; Morally wrong or... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | enjurius | — |
| 3 | Latin | iniuriosus | wrongful, criminal; hurtful, noxious; insulting |
| 4 | Latin | iniūria | injury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong |
| 5 | Latin | iniūrius | injurious, wrongful, unjust |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 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 |