damage

noun

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

(slang) Cost or expense.

verb

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

(transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

(intransitive, obsolete) To undergo damage; to take damage.

Roots

damnumdam- · Latin · loss, harm

Synonyms for damage

endamage harmn scathen hurtv impairmentn injurev detrimentn injuryn havocn devastationn destructionn impairv breakagen wreckn

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Where does damage come from?

The word damage breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root dam-, from Latin damnum (“loss, harm”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.