Where does “risque” come from?
risque (Middle French) comes from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
Ancestry of “risque”, step by step
risque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian rischiare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Italian risco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | risco | Obsolete form of rischio; risk |