English word damn comes from Latin damnum ((financial) loss. A fine. Damage or injury.), Middle English hypercorrection
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| damnum | Latin (lat) | (financial) loss. A fine. Damage or injury. |
| hypercorrection | Middle English (enm) | |
| damno | Latin (lat) | (of a will) I bind, oblige.. I condemn, censure, judge.. I discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject.. I sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, condemn, doom, convict. |
| damner | Old French (fro) | |
| dampnen | Middle English (enm) | To damn. |
| damn | English (eng) | (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.. (profane) To curse; put a curse upon.. (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.. To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively. (profane) Generic [...] |