harmful
English
/ˈhɑɹmfl̩/, /ˈhɑːmfl̩/
adj
Definitions
- of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English harmful inherited from Old English *hearmful suffix from English harm.
Origin
English
harm
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- harm English
- harmable English
- harmdoing English
- harmer English
- harmest English
- harmeth English
- harmfuller English
- harmfully English
- harmfulness English
- harmless English
- nonharm English
- nonharmful English
- self-harm English
- unharmful English
- unharmfully English
- unharmfulness English
- *hearmful Old English
- harm Middle English
- harmful Middle English