Etymology

risky

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Today it means: Dangerous; involving risks. Full definition →

English risk ← Middle French risque ← Italian rischiare
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  5. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  6. Latinseco
  7. Latinresecōdeverb.
  8. Vulgar Latin*resecum
  9. Old Italianrisco
  10. Italianrischio
  11. Italianrischiare
  12. Middle Frenchrisque
  13. Englishrisque
  14. Englishrisk
  15. English todayrisky

From risk + -y.

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