Where does “cheance” come from?

cheance (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cheance (Old French): accident, chance, luck

Definitions

  1. accident, chance, luck

Ancestry of “cheance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
2Latincadēnsfalling
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “cheance”

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