How to spell harm

Harm is spelled H-A-R-M.

hear itharm/hɑrm/verbRules and real life

What it means: To cause damage or injury.

In a sentence: Please be careful not to harm the little plants in the garden.

Same family: harmful, harmless, harmfully, harmfulness, unharmed. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Harm comes from Old English “hearm,” meaning injury or grief. It is related to old Germanic words for pain and sorrow, which is why we still use it for both physical and emotional damage today.

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