Where does “infohazardous” come from?
infohazardous (English) comes from English infohazard, 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.
infohazardous (English): Being, containing, or pertaining to an infohazard
Definitions
- Being, containing, or pertaining to an infohazard
Ancestry of “infohazardous”, step by step
infohazardous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infohazard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infohazard | A piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it |
| 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 ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |