Where does “risqué” come from?
risqué (French) comes from Middle French risque, from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
risqué (French): risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer
Definitions
- risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer
Ancestry of “risqué”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | risque | — |
| 2 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 3 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |