damage

/ˈdæmədʒ/DA-muhj
/ˈdæmədʒ/DA-muhj

Meaningloss, harm

Common meaning: harm

Journey through time

  1. Late Latindamnaticum‘harm’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsharm → domagedamage‘domage’source
  3. Frenchdommagesource
  4. Middle Englishdamagesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsdomage → harmdamage‘harm’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Late Latin damnaticum ‘loss, harm’.

Roots

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