Etymology

injury

in·ju·ry
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Today it means: Damage to the body of a living thing. Full definition →

Middle English injurie ← Anglo-Norman injurie ← Latin iniūria
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  1. Latin · derived frominiūria“injustice; wrong; offense”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frominjurie
  3. Middle English · inherited frominjurie
  4. English todayinjury

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishinjurie all →

Anglo-Normaninjurie all →

Latininiūria all →

injureinjuria

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