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

Definitions

  1. good luck, good fortune

Ancestry of “bonŝanco”, step by step

bonŝanco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ŝanco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝancoluck; chance
2Frenchchancechance; luck
3Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
4Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
5Latincadēnsfalling
6Latincadōto fall, to fall out
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Esperanto bona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobonagood
2Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
3Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
4Proto-Italicdwenosgood
5Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “bonŝanco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →