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hazard Name Meaning and History
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch: nickname
for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run
risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch
hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used
metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from
Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the
definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have
been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by
Provençal crusaders.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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