From earlierrisque, fromMiddle Frenchrisque, fromOld Italianrisco(“risk”) (modernItalianrischio) andrischiare(“to run into danger”). Displaced nativeOld Englishpleoh(“risk”) andplēon(“to risk”).
Most dictionaries consider the etymology of these Italian terms uncertain, but some suggest they perhaps come fromVulgar Latin*resecum(“that which cuts, rock, crag”) (>Medieval Latinresicu), fromLatinresecō(“cut off, loose, curtail”,verb), in the sense of that which is a danger to boating or shipping; or fromAncient Greekῥιζικόν(rhizikón,“root, radical, hazard”).
A few dictionaries express more certainty. Collins says the Italianrisco comes fromAncient Greekῥίζα(rhíza,“cliff”) due to the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts. The American Heritage says it probably comes fromByzantine Greekῥιζικό, ριζικό(rhizikó, rizikó,“sustenance obtained by a soldier through his own initiative, fortune”), fromArabicرِزْق(rizq,“sustenance, that which God allots”), fromClassical Syriacܪܘܙܝܩܐ ,ܪܙܩܐ(rezqā, rōzīqā,“daily ration”), fromMiddle Persian[script needed](rōčig), fromMiddle Persian[script needed](rōč,“day”), fromOld Persian[script needed](*raučah-), fromProto-Indo-European*lewk-. Karla Mallette derives the word fromArabicرِزْق(rizq,“sustenance, that which God allots”) viaSabir.[1]
Cognate withSpanishriesgo,Portugueserisco
risk (countable anduncountable,pluralrisks)
When referring to some possible cause of an adverse effect as "a risk", the default position is that one is referring to howlikely it is to cause an adverse effect. Such use is qualified with adjectives that refer to magnitude, such as "major", "large" or "tiny". However, adjectives that refer to quality (such as "good" or "undesirable") indicate that one is referring to howunlikely the adverse effect is, and this usage is invariably restricted to monetary contexts. On the other hand, the former sense may be used in any context (including monetary risks). In academic finance, risk is associated with the variance of the expected outcome, and not with the probability of outcomes (see Black-Scholes)
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risk (third-person singular simple presentrisks,present participlerisking,simple past and past participlerisked)
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Risk in theEncyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
risk on Wikipedia.Wikipediarisk c
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| plural | indefinite | risker | riskers |
| definite | riskerna | riskernas |
FromFrenchrisque.Doublet ofriziko.
risk (definite accusativeriski,pluralriskler)
