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harm (n.)
Old English
hearm
"hurt, evil, grief, pain, insult," from Proto-Germanic
*harmaz
(cf. Old Saxon
harm
, Old Norse
harmr
, Old Frisian
herm
"insult; pain," Old High German
harm
, German
Harm
"grief, sorrow, harm"), from PIE
*kormo-
"pain."
harm (v.)
Old English
hearmian
"to hurt" (see
harm
(n.)). It has ousted Old English
skeþþan
"scathe" in all but a few senses. Related:
Harmed
;
harming
.