English
hazard
Hazard comes from Old French hasart ‘a game of dice’, and goes back to Arabic اَلزَّهْر.
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلزَّهْرaz-zahr‘the dice’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hasart‘a game of dice’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hasard
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1594hazard
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلزَّهْرaz-zahr‘the dice’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hasart‘a game of dice’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hasard
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1594hazard
Earliest quotation: c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedie of Errors: “I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.”
Every English word from Arabic اَلزَّهْر
Today it means
noun A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic اَلزَّهْر / hazard