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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

peril XIII. — (O)F. péril :— L. perīc(u)lum experiment, risk, f. *per- in experīrī try + -culum -CLE.
So perilous XIII. — OF. perillous, -eus (mod. périlleux) :— L. perīculōsus.

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