injure

The story

1. Latin · derived frominiūria“injustice; wrong; offense”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived frominjurie
3. Middle English · derived frominjurie
4. English todayinjure

A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

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