Etymology of the French word chance
the Old French word
chancederived from the Late Latin word
cadentiaderived from the Latin word
cadensderived from the Latin word
cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kad- (to fall)
Date
The earliest known usage of chance in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
chanceux,
porte-chance,
chançardDerivations in other languages
English
chance, Italian
chance, Portuguese
chance, Romanian
şansă, Spanish
chanceCognates
Dutch
kans, English
chance, German
Chance, Italian
cadenza, Lithuanian
šansas, Norwegian
sjanse, Polish
szansa, Russian
шaнc, Swedish
chans, Yiddish
shansUsage
Word found in Old French
