Etymograph

English

lesion

Lesion comes from Old French lesion ‘hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound’, and goes back to Latin laedō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaedō‘to strike, collide, hurt’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaesiō‘hurt, harm, injury’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400lesion‘hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lesioun‘physical injuring of the body’
  5. Englishtodaylesion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaedō‘to strike, collide, hurt’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaesiō‘hurt, harm, injury’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400lesion‘hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lesioun‘physical injuring of the body’
  5. Englishtodaylesion

Linked words

through Ancient Greek λίθος ‘stone’

lithium, 11 more

through Latin laedō ‘to strike, collide, hurt’

collide, 3 more

Today it means

noun A wound or injury.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin laedō / lesion

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