Hasardeous
/ˈhæzərdiəs/noun
Hazardous or dangerous; an archaic English form of hazardous.
Did you know?Its ancestor, Old French hasard, referred to a game of dice and probably came through Spanish from Arabic az-zahr, “the die,” though the ultimate Arabic connection remains debated.
Etymological Timeline
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
az-zahr
“The die; a possible source for the gambling vocabulary that traveled westward”
12th–13th Century
Spanish
azar
“Chance, risk, or bad luck”
12th–14th Century
Old French
hasard
“A game of chance, a risk, or a peril”
14th–15th Century
Middle English
hasardous
“Full of risk or danger”
15th–16th Century
English
hasardeous
“Dangerous; an established but now obsolete spelling”
Modern English
English
hazardous
“Involving danger or risk; the standardized modern form”