Etymology

dicey

D2I1C3E1Y4

Today it means: Fraught with danger. Full definition →

English dice ← Middle English dys ← Old French des
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Old Frenchde
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  7. Old Frenchdes
  8. Middle Englishdys
  9. Englishdice
  10. English todaydicey

From dice + -y.

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