injured

The word 'injured' originates from the Latin verb injurari, meaning "to do wrong, to act unjustly," which itself is built from the prefix in- (not) and jus (law, right). The literal sense is thus "not right" or "contrary to law." This concept of a legal or moral wrong was the primary meaning when the word entered English via Anglo-French in the late Middle Ages. Over time, the meaning broadened from the abstract sense of suffering an injustice to the more concrete physical sense of being harmed or wounded, while retaining the figurative sense of having one's feelings wronged. The '-ed' suffix marks it as an adjective describing the state resulting from that action.