Happenstance
(noun)
An occurrence or event that happens by chance.
Origin:
From the combination of the words happen + circumstance, which means an event or occurrence that takes place by chance.
Examples:
- We met by happenstance at the coffee shop.
- It was just a happenstance that we were both at the same place at the same time.
- Happenstance led him to his true calling in life.
- The meeting was a happenstance, it was not planned.
- It was happenstance that I found that book, I was not looking for it.