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English word jeopardize comes English jeopardy, which in turn comes from Old French jeu parti - a (fairly) divided game, i.e. a situation in a game where both sides have an equal chance of winning

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jeu (Old French)

Game

parti (Old French)

Side. Left. Lost. Divided.

jeu parti (Old French)

Evenly divided game - a game where the chances of win or loss are evenly balanced

jeopardy (English)

Danger of loss, harm, or failure. (transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.

-ize (English)

Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, the verbs having the sense of "to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective".

jeopardize (English)

(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

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