Where does “hazarde” come from?
hazarde (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hazardo, from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه — to see; to look.
hazarde (Esperanto): by chance; randomly; at random
Definitions
- by chance; randomly; at random
Ancestry of “hazarde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | hazardo | accidence, chance |
| 2 | French | hasard | chance; a coincidence; hazard |
| 3 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 4 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 5 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 6 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 7 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 8 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 9 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |