Where does “bonŝanca” come from?

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

bonŝanca (Esperanto): lucky

Definitions

  1. lucky

Ancestry of “bonŝanca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobonŝancogood luck, good fortune
2Esperantoŝancoluck; chance
3Frenchchancechance; luck
4Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
5Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
6Latincadēnsfalling
7Latincadōto fall, to fall out
8Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-Every word from Proto-Italic kadōEvery word from Latin cadō