Where does “haphazardous” come from?
haphazardous (English) comes from English haphazard, from English hazard, from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا — to see; to look.
haphazardous (English): haphazard
Definitions
- haphazard
Ancestry of “haphazardous”, step by step
haphazardous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haphazard
| 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 |
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |