English
antichance
anti- + chance
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-
…
Latin cadō ‘to fall’
Vulgar Latin *cadentia ‘falling’
Old French cheance ‘accident’
Middle English chance
English chance
Today it means
adj Due to more than mere random chance; showing evidence of a greater plan or scheme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antichance