Where does “Torchance” come from?

Torchance (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.

Torchance (German): goal opportunity

Definitions

  1. goal opportunity

Ancestry of “Torchance”, step by step

Torchance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Chance

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

via German tor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantorgate, archway passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry
2Old High Germantor—
3Proto-Germanicdurąbig door, gate
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →