myEtymology.com: English etymology of damages

Etymology of the English word damages

the English word damages

derived from the English word damage

derived from the Old French word damage

derived from the Old French word dam

derived from the Latin word damnum (financial, property, physical loss)

derived from the French word damer

derived from the Old French word dame

derived from the Vulgar Latin word domina (mistress of a family, wife; lady)

derived from the Latin word dominus (owner, lord, master)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dem- (house)

derived from the French word damer

derived from the French word dame