Where does “haphazardly” come from?
Haphazardly derives from English haphazard, from Old French hasart meaning "chance or die game," from Arabic زهر meaning "die," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
haphazardly (English): In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and...
Definitions
- In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and...
Ancestry of “haphazardly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haphazard | Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough,... |
| 2 | English | hazard | The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk... |
| 3 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 4 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 5 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 6 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 7 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 8 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 9 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 10 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |