Hazard
This word comes from the Arabic words al zahr, which mean 'the dice'. In the era of the Crusades, Western Europeans learned how to play some games with dice during their stay in the Holy Land. They picked up the word there. But later the meaning of danger was associated to it, because this kind of games was risky since there were many con men involved.
Esta palabra proviene de las palabras árabe al zahr, que significan "los dados". En la era de las Cruzadas, los europeos occidentales aprendieron a jugar algunos juegos con dados durante su estadía en Tierra Santa. De allí tomaron la palabra. Pero más tarde se le asoció el significado de peligro, porque este tipo de juegos era riesgoso dado que había muchos estafadores involucrados.
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