Injury
/ˈɪn.dʒə.ri/noun
Physical harm or damage to a person, body part, or thing.
Did you know?In Latin, the ancestor of *injury* was *iniuria*, literally “injustice” or “wrong,” showing that physical harm and moral violation were once tightly linked in the language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*yeu-
“to bind, join, or fit together”
Latin
Latin
iūs
“law, right, what is proper”
Latin
Latin
in-iūria
“injustice, wrong, insult; a violation of right”
Old French
Old French
injure
“insult, wrong, harm”
Middle English
English
injurie
“wrong, offense, damage”
Modern English
English
injury
“physical harm or damage”