mumchance

The story

1. Old French · derived frommomen“mask”
2. Middle High German · derived frommummenschantze“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”
3. Middle English · derived frommommen“mutter, be silent”
4. English todaymumchance

From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”), from Old French momen (“mask”) and chance (“game of chance”).