The story
- Latin · derived fromindemnis“unhurt”
- Middle French · borrowed fromindemne
- English todayindemn
From Middle French indemne and indempne, from Latin indemnis (“unhurt”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“hurt, damage; wrong”). Compare damn and condemn.
Words from the same roots
Latinindemnis all →
indemnity
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.