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English word damage comes from Latin -aticum, Latin damnum ((financial) loss. A fine. Damage or injury.)
-aticum (Latin)
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)
(financial) loss. A fine. Damage or injury.
*damnaticum (Vulgar Latin)
*damnaticum (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) damage.
domaige (Old French)
damage (English)
(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.