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Where does “hasardeur” come from?

hasardeur (French) comes from French hasarder, 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.

Ancestry of “hasardeur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhasarderto hazard
2Frenchhasardchance; a coincidence; hazard
3Old Frenchhasarthazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;...
4Arabicزهرto shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;...
5Arabicهhim, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ
6Arabicكَهْرَبَاءelectricity
7Persianکهرباamber
8Persianکاهchaff; straw; hay
9Persianکاستن—
10Proto-Iraniankas-to be small, diminish, lessen
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “hasardeur”

  • Hasardeur
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