## Meanings
1. Used to express anger, surprise, or annoyance (informal).
2. Used to add force to what you are saying, often in anger (informal).
3. Very or extremely (informal).
4. To say or wish that someone should be punished, especially by God.

## Examples
- Damn, I left my keys at home again!
- The damn dog won't stop barking!
- You know damn well what I mean.
- He believed sinners would be damned for eternity.

## Derived Forms
- bedamn
- billy-be-damned
- damage
- dammit
- damnability
- damnable
- damnation
- damnatory
- damned
- damnfool
- damnit
- damnworthy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deh₂p-
- Root: dampnen
- Root: damner
- Root: damnāre

## Etymology
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

## AI Etymology
damn comes from Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p-, Middle English dampnen, Old French damner, Latin damnāre. Current senses include Used to express anger, surprise, or annoyance (informal) and Used to add force to what you are saying, often in anger (informal). English relatives and later formations include bedamn, billy-be-damned, damage.

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