harm

/ˈhɑːm/HAHRM
/ˈhɑɹm/HAHRM

Meaninginjury or grief

Common meaning: injury or damage

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KARM‘be tired’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 63, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old Englishhearm‘injury or grief’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishzarmsource
  4. Englishharm‘injury or damage’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English hearm ‘injury or grief’.

Roots

  • hearm Old English “injury or grief”

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