peril

peril [per-uh l] Word Origin noun

1. exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
2. something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction.

verb (used with object), per·iled, per·il·ing or (especially British) per·illed, per·il·ling.

3. to expose to danger; imperil; risk.

Origin of peril 1175–1225; Middle English Old French Latin perīculum trial, test, danger, equivalent to perī-, verb base meaning “try” (found in the compound experīrī; see experience) + -culum -cle2 Related formsper·il·less, adjectivemul·ti·per·il, adjective, nounSynonym study 1. See danger. British Dictionary definitions for perilless peril noun

1. exposure to risk or harm; danger or jeopardy

Word Origin for peril C13: via Old French from Latin perīculum Word Origin and History for perilless peril n.

c.1200, from Old French peril “danger, risk” (10c.), from Latin periculum “an attempt, trial, experiment; risk, danger,” with instrumentive suffix -culum and element also found in experiri “to try,” cognate with Greek peria “trial, attempt, experience,” empeiros “experienced,” Old Irish aire “vigilance,” Gothic ferja “watcher,” Old English fær “danger, fear” (see fear (n.)).