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Where does “Chancentod” come from?

Chancentod (German) comes from German Chance, 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.

Chancentod (German): a player who habitually misses good chances to...

Definitions

  1. a player who habitually misses good chances to...

Ancestry of “Chancentod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChancechance
2Frenchchancechance; luck
3Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
4Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
5Latincadēns—
6Latincadō—
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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