Where does “chancelessness” come from?
chancelessness (English) comes from English chanceless, from English chance, from Middle English chance, from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
chancelessness (English): Absence of chance or a chance
Definitions
- Absence of chance or a chance
Ancestry of “chancelessness”, step by step
chancelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chanceless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chanceless | Achieved without taking chances; Without random... |
| 2 | English | chance | An opportunity or possibility; Random occurrence;... |
| 3 | Middle English | chance | — |
| 4 | Old French | cheance | accident, chance, luck |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 6 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 7 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |