harm

Meanings

Noun

• physical injury; hurt; damage
• emotional or figurative hurt
• detriment; misfortune.
• That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

Verb

• To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Origin

• From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz ("harm; shame; pain").