Where does “unhaphazard” come from?
unhaphazard (English) comes from English haphazard, 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.
unhaphazard (English): Not haphazard
Definitions
- Not haphazard
Ancestry of “unhaphazard”, step by step
unhaphazard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haphazard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haphazard | Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough,... |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |