Where does “chance” come from?
chance (French) comes 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.
chance (French): chance; luck
Definitions
- chance; luck
Ancestry of “chance”, step by step
chance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French cheance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cheance | accident, chance, luck |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 3 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 4 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via Latin cadentia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cadentia | nominative neuter plural of cadēns; accusative... |