Where does “chancily” come from?

chancily (English) comes from English chancy, 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.

chancily (English): In a chancy manner

Definitions

  1. In a chancy manner

Ancestry of “chancily”, step by step

chancily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chancy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchancyuncertain, risky, hazardous; subject to chance;...
2EnglishchanceAn opportunity or possibility; Random occurrence;...
3Middle Englishchance
4Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
5Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
6Latincadēnsfalling
7Latincadōto fall, to fall out
8Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-Every word from Proto-Italic kadōEvery word from Latin cadō