Where does “injury” come from?
Injury comes from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniuria, composed of the Latin prefix in- and Latin iūs meaning right or law.
injury (English): Damage to the body of a human or animal; The...
Definitions
- Damage to the body of a human or animal; The...
Ancestry of “injury”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | injurie | Injury, damage; violation of one's effects or... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | injurie | injury; damage; harm |
| 3 | Latin | iniūria | injury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong |
| 4 | Latin | iniūrius | injurious, wrongful, unjust |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |