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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

detriment XV. — (O)F. détriment or L. dētrīmentum, f. pt. stem dētrī- of dēterere wear away, f. DE- 2 + terere rub; see -MENT.
Hence detrimental XVII.

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