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Where does “hasardeusement” come from?

hasardeusement (French) comes from French hasardeux, 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.

hasardeusement (French): riskily, hazardously; daringly

Definitions

  1. riskily, hazardously; daringly

Ancestry of “hasardeusement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhasardeuxrisky, hazardous; risk-taking; daring
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
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