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rischio.

risk, chance, hazard, peril, danger

7 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈris.kjo/

  1. risk, chance, hazard, peril, danger

    masculine
    essere a rischio
    correre il rischio

  2. threat, jeopardy

    masculine
    mettere a rischio
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin seco Latin resecōdeverb. Vulgar Latin *resecum Old Italian risco Italian rischio From Old Italian risco, from Vulgar Latin *resecum or deverbal from resecare, via risicare and later riscare, rischiare, both from Latin resecō (“to cut off”). Compare Sicilian rìsicu.

verb/ˈris.kjo/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rischiare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin seco Latin resecōdeverb. Vulgar Latin *resecum Old Italian risco Italian rischio From Old Italian risco, from Vulgar Latin *resecum or deverbal from resecare, via risicare and later riscare, rischiare, both from Latin resecō (“to cut off”). Compare Sicilian rìsicu.

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