Where does “аварія” come from?

аварія (Ukrainian) comes from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.

аварія (Ukrainian): accident, wreck

Definitions

  1. accident, wreck

Ancestry of “аварія”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavariadamage; breakdown, failure; inflection of...
2Arabicعواريةdamage in transit, average, the occurrence of...
3Arabicعَوَارfault, blemish, defect, flaw
4Arabicعَوِرَto lose an eye
Every word from Arabic عَوِرَ →Every word from Arabic عَوَار →Every word from Arabic عوارية →