myEtymology.com: English etymology of chancing

Etymology of the English word chancing

the English word chancing

derived from the English word chance

derived from the Old French word chance

derived from the Late Latin word cadentia

derived from the Latin word cadens

derived from the Latin word cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kad- (to fall)

derived from the Old French word cheance

derived from the Old French word cheoir