Where does “bonŝanco” come from?
bonŝanco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝanco, 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.
bonŝanco (Esperanto): good luck, good fortune
Ancestry of “bonŝanco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ŝanco | luck; chance |
| 2 | French | chance | chance; luck |
| 3 | Old French | cheance | accident, chance, luck |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 5 | Latin | cadēns | — |
| 6 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |