Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Jeopardy

Jeopardy , noun

[Old English jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, Old French jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; Old French jeu, ju, French jeu (Latin jocus jest) + French partier to divide, Latin partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.]

Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. — Luke viii. 23
Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. — Shakespeare

Jeopardy , transitive verb

To jeopardize. [Rare] — Thackeray