Where does “nonbiohazard” come from?
nonbiohazard (English) comes from English biohazard, 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.
nonbiohazard (English): Not constituting or relating to a biohazard
Definitions
- Not constituting or relating to a biohazard
Ancestry of “nonbiohazard”, step by step
nonbiohazard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English biohazard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biohazard | A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some... |
| 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 |