Where does “high-risk” come from?
high-risk (English) comes from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
high-risk (English): Having a great risk
Definitions
- Having a great risk
Ancestry of “high-risk”, step by step
high-risk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English high
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 2 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 3 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 4 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via English risk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | risk | A possible adverse event or outcome; The... |
| 2 | English | risqué | Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on... |
| 3 | French | risqué | risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer |
| 4 | Middle French | risque | — |
| 5 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 6 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 7 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |