Where does “Hasardeur” come from?
Hasardeur (German) comes from French hasardeur, from French hasarder, from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا — to see; to look.
Hasardeur (German): gambler
Ancestry of “Hasardeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | hasardeur | — |
| 2 | French | hasarder | to hazard |
| 3 | French | hasard | chance; a coincidence; hazard |
| 4 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 5 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 6 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 7 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 8 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 9 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 10 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |