damage
VERB:
1. to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of:
He damaged the saw on a nail; don't damage the furniture; returning soldiers damaged by war.
2. to become damaged:
Soft wood damages easily.
3. to suffer damage.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to dam (< Latin damnum damage, fine) + -age -age; see damn. C14: from Old French, from Latin damnum injury, loss, fine. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of damage: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for damage: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from dan damage, from Latin damnum — see damn entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 19 July 2020 {6:12 PM}
1. to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of:
He damaged the saw on a nail; don't damage the furniture; returning soldiers damaged by war.
2. to become damaged:
Soft wood damages easily.
3. to suffer damage.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to dam (< Latin damnum damage, fine) + -age -age; see damn. C14: from Old French, from Latin damnum injury, loss, fine. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of damage: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for damage: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from dan damage, from Latin damnum — see damn entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 19 July 2020 {6:12 PM}