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 (most often of a ship); shipwreck

Definitions

  1. accident, emergency (most often of a ship); shipwreck

Ancestry of “Havarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhaverye—
2Dutchhaverij—
3Italianavariadamage; breakdown, failure; inflection of...
4Arabicعواريةdamage in transit, average, the occurrence of...
5Arabicعَوَارfault, blemish, defect, flaw
6Arabicعَوِرَto lose an eye

Words derived from “Havarie”

Every word from Arabic عَوِرَ →Every word from Arabic عَوَار →Every word from Arabic عوارية →
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