Etymology

periculous

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Today it means: dangerous, hazardous, perilous Full definition →

Latin periculosus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frompericulosus“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”
  2. English todaypericulous

Borrowed from Latin periculosus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”). Doublet of perilous.

Words from the same roots

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