Where does “azzardato” come from?
azzardato (Italian) comes from Italian azzardare, from Italian azzardo, from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا — to see; to look.
azzardato (Italian): rash, risky, hazardous; past participle of...
Definitions
- rash, risky, hazardous; past participle of...
Ancestry of “azzardato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | azzardare | to risk, hazard; to venture |
| 2 | Italian | azzardo | hazard, risk; chance; first-person singular... |
| 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 | to decrease |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |