Where does “unharmful” come from?
unharmful (English) comes from English harmful, from English harm, from Middle English harm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic harm, from Proto-Germanic harmaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱormo- — suffering, pain.
unharmful (English): Not harmful
Definitions
- Not harmful
Ancestry of “unharmful”, step by step
unharmful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English harmful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | harmful | of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious |
| 2 | English | harm | physical injury; hurt; damage; emotional or... |
| 3 | Middle English | harm | harm, injury, ruination |
| 4 | Old English | hearm | harm |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | harm | painful; pain, harm |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harmaz | painful; sorrowful; doleful; harmful; malicious;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱormo- | suffering, pain |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |