Where does “injuriously” come from?
Injuriously derives from Middle English -ly, Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, and Latin -osus combined with Latin in-, ultimately from Latin in meaning "in" or "into."
injuriously (English): In an injurious manner; in a manner that injures
Definitions
- In an injurious manner; in a manner that injures
Ancestry of “injuriously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | injurious | Causing physical harm or injury; harmful,... |
| 2 | Middle English | injurious | Rude, offensive, distasteful; Morally wrong or... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | enjurius | — |
| 4 | Latin | iniuriosus | wrongful, criminal; hurtful, noxious; insulting |
| 5 | Latin | iniūria | injury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong |
| 6 | Latin | iniūrius | injurious, wrongful, unjust |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |