| 【harm】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "hearm," and "hearmian." It carries the basic meaning of "harm," "hurt," "pain," "evil," and "grief; insult." from PIE *kormo- |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "harm"]
harm ***[2217] Harm is physical injury to a person or an animal which is usually caused on purpose.
harmful ***[2466] Something that is harmful has a bad effect on something else, especially on a person''s health.
harmless **[3510] Something that is harmless does not have any bad effects, especially on people''s health.
[WORD ROOT]root harm
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] harm
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) hearm, hearmian
[MEANING]root harm, hurt, pain, evil, grief; insult
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 hearm hurt, pain; evil, grief; insult
- 【Old English】 hearmian to hurt, injure
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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harm ★★★[2217] noun from harm
【DEFINITION】 Harm is physical injury to a person or an animal which is usually caused on purpose.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 harm; harm, hurt, pain, evil
【Etymology】 《Old English hearm》 hurt, pain; evil, grief; insult
【First Known Meaning】 hurt, pain; evil, grief; insult,
【DERIVATIVEs】 harmer, harmful, harmfully, harmfulness, harm
harmful ★★★[2466] adjective from harm
【DEFINITION】 Something that is harmful has a bad effect on something else, especially on a person's health.
【SYNONYM】 injurious
【ROOTs】 ⑴ harm; harm ⑵ ful; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English hearm》 hurt, pain; evil, grief; insult
【DERIVATIVEs】 harmer, harmful, harmfully, harmfulness, harm
harmless ★★[3510] adjective from harm
【DEFINITION】 Something that is harmless does not have any bad effects, especially on people's health.
【SYNONYM】 innocuous, innocent
【ROOTs】 ⑴ harm; harm, hurt, pain ⑵ less; without
【Etymology】 《Old English hearm》 hurt, pain; evil, grief; insult
【First Known Meaning】 uninjured
【DERIVATIVEs】 harmlessly, harmlessness, harmless
Other words containing "harm"; harmer, harmfully, harmfulness, harmlessly
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
hap
hand
hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-
guard
grow
ground
grad-, gred-, gress-
grav-
grat-, grace
graph-
