Where does “азартно” come from?
азартно (Russian) comes from Russian аза́ртный, from Russian аза́рт, from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا — to see; to look.
азартно (Russian): heatedly, excitedly
Ancestry of “азартно”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | аза́ртный | — |
| 2 | Russian | аза́рт | — |
| 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 | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |