Where does “Havarie” come from?
Havarie (German) comes from Middle Low German haverye, from Dutch haverij, from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
Havarie (German): accident, emergency ; shipwreck
Definitions
- accident, emergency ; shipwreck
Ancestry of “Havarie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | haverye | — |
| 2 | Dutch | haverij | — |
| 3 | Italian | avaria | damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of... |
| 4 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 5 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 6 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |
Words derived from “Havarie”