{"era":"current","word":"hurtful","meaning":"causing emotional or physical pain","children":[{"era":"1400s","word":"hurtful","meaning":"causing harm or injury (-ful from Old English -full)","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"hurten","meaning":"to hurt, knock, strike","children":[{"era":"1100s","word":"hurter","meaning":"to knock against, collide","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"*hurt (ram)","meaning":"ram (animal); force used to batter","children":[],"language":"Frankish / Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}