Etymograph

English

self-wrong

From self- + wrong.

A compound of self- + wrong

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Old English wrang ‘wrong, twisted, uneven’

Middle English wrong

English wrong

first attested First attested in 1580–1590 (as stated in Wiktionary’s etymology)

The story

First attested in 1580–1590.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

noun A wrong done to oneself.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-wrong”. 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.

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