Where does “chauncest” come from?
chauncest (English) comes from English chaunce, 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.
chauncest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
Definitions
- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “chauncest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chaunce | Archaic spelling of chance |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |