harmless
English
/ˈhɑɹmləs/, /ˈhɑːmləs/
adj
Definitions
- Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
- Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
- (obsolete) Unharmed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English harmles inherited from Old English *hearmlēas inherited from Proto-Germanic *harmalausaz (harmless, without harm) 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
- harmful English
- harmlessly English
- harmlessness English
- nonharm English
- self-harm English
- Harm German
- Harmlosigkeit German
- harmlos German
- verharmlosen German
- *harmalausaz Proto-Germanic
- *hearmlēas Old English
- harm Middle English
- harmles Middle English