harmful

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈhɑːmfl̩/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfullīċ (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm + -ful. Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.

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