Where does “haphazardously” come from?
haphazardously (English) comes from English haphazardous, from English haphazard, from English hazard, from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء — to see; to look.
haphazardously (English): In a haphazardous manner
Definitions
- In a haphazardous manner
Ancestry of “haphazardously”, step by step
haphazardously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haphazardous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haphazardous | haphazard |
| 2 | English | haphazard | Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough,... |
| 3 | English | hazard | The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk... |
| 4 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 5 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 6 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 7 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 8 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 9 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 10 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 11 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |