Etymology of the English word hazard
the English word
hazardderived from the Old French word
hasardderived from the Old Spanish word
azarderived from the Arabic word
az-zahrusing the Arabic prefix
al-derived from the Classical Arabic word
zahrDate
The earliest known usage of hazard in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
biohazard,
ecohazard,
haphazard,
hazardous,
hazardedCognates
Dutch
hazardspel, French
hazard, German
Harz, Norwegian
hasard, Swedish
hasardUsage
Word found in Modern English
