hazard English · revision 10

+ ==Etymology==

+ From [[enm|hasard|t=a game at dice]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|hasard]], ''hasart'' “game of chance played with dice” (12th century),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) It is often traced via [[osp|azar]] to [[ar|اَلزَّهْر|tr=az-zahr|t=the die]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) but this is doubtful because early evidence for ''zahr'' in this sense is lacking.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The ''-d'' was added in French through confusion with the native suffix ''-ard''.^(Etymonline)

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+ The sense “chance of loss or harm, risk” is first recorded in the 1540s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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