Where does “unhaphazardly” come from?
unhaphazardly (English) comes from English unhaphazard, from English haphazard, from English hazard, from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء — to see; to look.
unhaphazardly (English): In an unhaphazard manner
Definitions
- In an unhaphazard manner
Ancestry of “unhaphazardly”, step by step
unhaphazardly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unhaphazard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unhaphazard | Not haphazard |
| 2 | English | haphazard | Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough,... |
| 3 | English | hazard | The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk... |
| 4 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 5 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 6 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 7 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 8 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 9 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 10 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 11 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |