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damnum.

financial/property/physical loss/damage/injury; forfeiture/fine; lost possession

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈdam.nũː]Classical-Latin[ˈdam.num]

  1. damage, injury

    declension-2 · neuter

  2. loss, disadvantage

    declension-2 · neuter

  3. fine, mulct, penalty

    declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p-der. Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm Proto-Italic *dapnom Latin damnum From Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”), from the root *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, to lose”), whence also daps (“sacrificial meal, feast”). Compare semantically Ancient Greek δαπανάω (dapanáō, “to spend”) and δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost, expenditure”). Doublet of dapinō.

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