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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

  1. haphazardness

Ancestry of “haphazardry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhaphazardRandom; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough,...
2EnglishhazardThe chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk...
3Middle Englishhasardhazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty...
4Old Frenchhasarthazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;...
5Arabicزهرto shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;...
6Arabicهhim, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ
7Arabicكَهْرَبَاءelectricity
8Persianکهرباamber
9Persianکاهchaff; straw; hay
10Persianکاستن—
11Proto-Iraniankas-to be small, diminish, lessen
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
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