fortunate English · revision 10739

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1386|origins=la fortunatus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/, US /ˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|fortūnātus|t=prospered, lucky, happy]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) past participle of fortūnāre, to make prosperous, from fortūna, luck (see [[fortune]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Favoured by fortune, lucky: about 1386 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Bringing or foretelling good fortune, auspicious, is from about 1391.^(OED 1989) The ''Fortunate Islands'', the mythical home of the blessed in the western ocean, translate Latin Fortūnātae Insulae, from 1432–50,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) earlier Ilondes of fortune.^(Etymonline) As a noun, a fortunate person, especially a wealthy one, is from 1614.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) A verb fortunate, to make fortunate, existed from about 1420.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1386 – lucky.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1391 – auspicious.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1432–50 – the Fortunate Islands.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1614 – a fortunate person (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having good [[luck]]; lucky.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Bringing good fortune; [[auspicious]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who has good fortune, especially a wealthy one.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fortunately]]

+ * [[fortunateness]]

+ * [[superfortunate]]

+ * [[unfortunately]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fortune]]

+ * [[unfortunate]]

+ * [[fortuitous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}