kans
Afrikaans
/kans/
noun
Definitions
- chance
- opportunity
- probability
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish kans (chance) inherited from Middle Dutch canse derived from cance derived from Latin *cadentia.
Origin
Latin
*cadentia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *cadentia Latin
- cadens Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadēns Latin
- cadō Latin
- cadenza Italian
- buitenkans Dutch, Flemish
- herkansen Dutch, Flemish
- kans Dutch, Flemish
- kansloos Dutch, Flemish
- kansrekening Dutch, Flemish
- kansrijk Dutch, Flemish
- kansspel Dutch, Flemish
- pakkans Dutch, Flemish
- waterkans Dutch, Flemish
- chance French
- chance Old French
- cădință Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kans Indonesian
- canse Middle Dutch
- kansvatter Afrikaans
- vat Afrikaans
- *kadō Proto-Italic
- cance ONF.