damage的词源
英文词源
- damage
- damage: [14] Damage comes from Latin damnum ‘loss, damage’ (source of English damn). It passed into Old French as dam, from which was formed the derivative damage. English borrowed and has preserved the Old French form, but in modern French it has become dommage. Besides damn, another English relative is indemnity [15], ultimately from Latin indemnis ‘undamaged’.
=> damn, indemnity - damage (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French damage (12c., Modern French dommage) "loss caused by injury," from dam "damage," from Latin damnum "loss, hurt, damage" (see damn).
- damage (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French damagier, from damage (see damage (n.)). Related: Damaged; damaging.
中文词源
来自拉丁语damnum, 损失，伤害，词源同damn.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：damage 词源，damage 含义。
damage：损害，毁坏；(复数)损害赔偿费
来源于拉丁语动词damnare(损失,伤害)
-damn-伤害,惩罚 → damage
