Where does “haphazardry” come from?
haphazardry (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.
haphazardry (English): haphazardness
Definitions
- haphazardness
Ancestry of “haphazardry”, step by step
haphazardry 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 ry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ry | A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems |