jeopardy
/ˈdʒepədi/JEH-pur-dee
/ˈdʒɛpɚdi/JEH-pur-dee
Meaningan even game
Common meaning: danger of loss or harm
- jeoa jestLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 996 · scan
- parequal, evenly matchedLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1300 · scan
- dynoun ending, through French
‘a jest’ + ‘equal, evenly matched’ → jeopardy
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- jeo — Latin iocus “a jest” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- par — Latin pār, paris “equal, evenly matched” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin iocus ‘a jest’ + Latin pār ‘equal, evenly matched’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pār, p. 1300 · dictionary scan
Roots
- iocus Latin “a jest”
- pār, paris Latin “equal, evenly matched”
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