Where does “hazard” come from?
Hazard comes from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, ultimately deriving from Middle Persian khlpʾd through Persian کهربا and کهربای.
hazard (English): The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk...
Definitions
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk...
Ancestry of “hazard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 2 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 3 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |