More dangerous or more likely to result in loss, harm, or failure than something else.
From 'risk,' which comes from Italian 'rischio' and possibly Arabic 'risq' meaning fate or hazard. The comparative form adds '-ier' to show greater degree.
The word 'risk' might come from Arabic traders discussing fate and chance—making financial risk a concept that traveled along the same Silk Road trade routes!
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