The story
- Latin · derived fromdamnāre“to condemn, inflict loss upon”
- Old French · derived fromdamner
- Middle English · inherited fromdampnen
- English todaydamn
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.