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Though you write from Cambridge, a glance at the Oxford English Dictionary may not be amiss. It gives the earliest English citation from Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who in 1687 used it as a verb in the same sense as it is commonly used now. Diana Wright Washington, DC "A.R. Moore" wrote: > Hi everyone > > I have joined this list to ask a specific question: does anyone know the > etymology of 'risk', which I have traced to its Italian roots but no > further. I ask, because in a recent lecture by Anthony Giddens he > mentioned that 'risk' has its origins in enlightenment exploration, i.e. > 'the danger beyond', but I have not been able to track this down anywhere. > > Yours sincerely > > Alex > > Alexander Moore > Darwin College > Cambridge > CB3 9EU > England > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Tel: (01223) 364451 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%