Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-injury

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables
self--in-jury
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

self-harm

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English injury English self-injury From self- + injury.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-injuries (plural)

Questions

What does self-injury mean?
self-harm
Where does self-injury come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English injury English self-injury From self- + injury.

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