Added 8 October 2026
wound
/ˈwuːnd/ noun
In Latin: plāga, vulnus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wound at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
- An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
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A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
verb
verb
- simple past and past participle of wind
Origin
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wuunde (“wound”), Cimbrian bunta (“wound”), Dutch wond, wonde (“wound”), German Wunde (“wonde”), Luxembourgish Wonn (“wound”), Yiddish וווּנד (vund, “wound”), Icelandic und (“wound”), Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda, “wound”) (whence 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni, “disease, plague”)); also Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to destroy; to catch a disease”). Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną (“to wound”).
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