Where does “ŝanco” come from?

ŝanco (Esperanto) comes from French chance, from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

ŝanco (Esperanto): luck; chance

Definitions

  1. luck; chance

Ancestry of “ŝanco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchancechance; luck
2Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
3Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
4Latincadēnsfalling
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “ŝanco

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-Every word from Proto-Italic kadōEvery word from Latin cadō