Where does “riskfulness” come from?
riskfulness (English) comes from English riskful, from English risk, from English risqué, from French risqué, from Middle French risque, from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
riskfulness (English): riskiness
Ancestry of “riskfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | riskful | Full of risks; risky |
| 2 | English | risk | A possible adverse event or outcome; The... |
| 3 | English | risqué | Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on... |
| 4 | French | risqué | risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer |
| 5 | Middle French | risque | — |
| 6 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 7 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |