Where does “バイオハザード” come from?
バイオハザード (Japanese) comes from English biohazard, from English hazard, from Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا — to see; to look.
バイオハザード (Japanese): biohazard
Definitions
- biohazard
Ancestry of “バイオハザード”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biohazard | A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some... |
| 2 | English | hazard | The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk... |
| 3 | Middle English | hasard | hazard; An individual who plays hazard; A crafty... |
| 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 |