Where does “chance” come from?

chance (Portuguese) comes 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.

chance (Portuguese): Probability; chance, opportunity

Definitions

  1. Probability; chance, opportunity

Ancestry of “chance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchancechance; luck
2Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
3Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
4Latincadēnsfalling
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →