Where does “hasard” come from?
hasard (Swedish) comes from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
hasard (Swedish): a game of chance (for example lottery, roulette, and dice games)
Definitions
- a game of chance (for example lottery, roulette, and dice games)
Ancestry of “hasard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hasard | chance; a coincidence; hazard |
| 2 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 3 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |