happenstantially

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kob-der.

Proto-Germanic *hampą

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *hampijanąder.

Old Norse *happader.?

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Proto-Germanic *hampijanąder.

Old Norse *heppader.?

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Old Norse *happader.?

Old English hæppander.?

Middle English happen

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-nom

Proto-Indo-European *-onom

Proto-Germanic *-aną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Old English -an

Middle English -en

Middle English happenen

English happen

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-gō

Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English happening

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Latin circum

Latin circum-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin circumstō

Latin circumstāns

Latin circumstāntiaslbor.

Old French circonstanceder.

Middle English circumstaunce

English circumstance

blend

English happenstance

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Latin circumstantia

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English circumstantial

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English circumstantially

blend

English happenstantially

Blend of happenstance + circumstantially. Equivalent to happenstantial +‎ -ly.

Adverb

happenstantially (not comparable)

1. (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
   • 1975 January, Andrejs Plakans, "Peasant Farmsteads and Households in the Baltic Littoral, 1797", in Raymond Grew et al (eds.), Comparative Studies in Society and History: An International Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, volume 17, number 1, page 19,

     The work force norm imposed on adults the need to join in a common effort aimed at survival, which was a condition qualitatively different from a group of coresident individuals having similar or identical occupations happenstantially.