Where does “ハザード” come from?
ハザード (Japanese) comes from English hazard, from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه — to see; to look.
ハザード (Japanese): hazard
Definitions
- hazard
Ancestry of “ハザード”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hazard | The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk... |
| 2 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 3 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 4 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 5 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 6 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 7 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 8 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 9 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |