Where does “chanco” come from?
chanco (Ido) comes from English chance, from Middle English 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.
chanco (Ido): chance, luck, fortune; possibility
Definitions
- chance, luck, fortune; possibility
Ancestry of “chanco”, step by step
chanco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English chance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chance | An opportunity or possibility; Random occurrence;... |
| 2 | Middle English | chance | — |
| 3 | Old French | cheance | accident, chance, luck |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 5 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 6 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via Russian шанс
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | шанс | chance, prospect |
| 2 | French | chance | chance; luck |
| 3 | Latin | cadentia | nominative neuter plural of cadēns; accusative... |
via German Chance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Chance | chance |