jeopardy English · revision 11

+ ==Etymology==

+ From [[enm|iuparti]],^(OED 1989) [[bor|fro|jeu parti|t=divided game, even game]],^(OED 1989)^(AHD) hence “uncertain chance, uncertainty”, originally a term of chess and similar games.^(OED 1989) The French phrase is from ''jeu'' “game”, [[der|la|iocus|t=jest, game]], and ''parti'', past participle of ''partir'' “to divide”, [[der|la|partīre|t=to divide]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline) The change from ''-parti'' to ''-pardy'' was mainly phonetic, though possibly helped by association with French ''perdre'' “to lose”.^(OED 1989)

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+ Recorded c. 1300 in the sense “a cunning plan, a stratagem”, and from the late 14th century as “danger, risk”.^(Etymonline) See also [[joke]] and [[party]].^(Wiktionary)

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