Risk Definition
- precariousness
- perilousness
- peril
- jeopardy
- imperilment
- hazard
- danger
- unsafety
- temerity
- riskiness
- speculation
- risk of exposure
- endangerment
- risk of infection
- prospect
- be certain
- In an endangered state, especially from lack of proper care:
unsupervised children who are at risk of dropping out of school.
- in danger of damage, injury, loss, etc.
Origin of Risk
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From earlier risque, from Middle French risque, from Italian risco ("risk"; > Modern Italian rischio), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin *resicum (“that which cuts, rock, crag") (> Medieval Latin resicu), from Latin resecō (“cut off, loose, curtail", verb), in the sense of that which is a danger to boating or shipping; or from Ancient Greek ῥιζικόν (rhizikón, “root, radical, hazard"). Cognate with Spanish riesgo, Portuguese risco
From Wiktionary
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French risque from Italian risco, rischio probably from Medieval Greek rizikon sustenance obtained by a soldier through his own initiative, fortune from Arabic rizq sustenance, that which God allots from Syriac ruziqā daily bread from Middle Iranian rōčig from rōč day from Old Iranian raučah- leuk- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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