Where does “chanceable” come from?
chanceable (English) comes from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chanceable (English): Happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous;...
Definitions
- Happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous;...
Ancestry of “chanceable”, step by step
chanceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English chance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chance | An opportunity or possibility; Random occurrence;... |
| 2 | Middle English | chance | — |
| 3 | Old French | cheance | accident, chance, luck |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 5 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 6 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |