Where does “geohazard” come from?
geohazard (English) comes from English hazard, from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه — to see; to look.
geohazard (English): A geological hazard, such as the risk of a...
Definitions
- A geological hazard, such as the risk of a...
Ancestry of “geohazard”, step by step
geohazard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hazard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hazard | The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk... |
| 2 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 3 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 4 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 5 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 6 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 7 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 8 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 9 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
via English geo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geo | An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff |
| 2 | English | geo- | Earth; geography |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |