English word damage comes from Latin -aticum, Latin damnum ((financial) loss. A fine. Damage or injury.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -aticum | Latin (lat) | Used to form nouns indicating a state of being resulting from an action.. Used to form nouns indicating pertinence to the root verb or noun. |
| damnum | Latin (lat) | (financial) loss. A fine. Damage or injury. |
| *damnaticum | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| *damnaticum | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) damage. |
| domaige | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| damage | English (en) | (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction. (slang) Cost or expense.. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. |