Etymograph

English

damnum

Damnum comes from Latin damnum ‘damage, injury’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- ‘to sacrifice’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂p-1‘to sacrifice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dh₂pnóm1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dapnom1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdamnum1‘damage, injury’
  5. Englishtodaydamnum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English damnum

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂p-Wiktionary, English damnum‘to sacrifice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dh₂pnómWiktionary, English damnumreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dapnomWiktionary, English damnumreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdamnumWiktionary, English damnum‘damage, injury’
  5. EnglishtodaydamnumWiktionary, English damnum

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- ‘to sacrifice’

tap, tapas, 5 more

through Proto-Italic *dapnom

condemnation, 5 more

through Latin damnum ‘damage, injury’

damage, condemn, indemnity, damning, damnation, 6 more

Today it means

noun harm; detriment

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “damnum”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- / damnum

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