fortunate.
Auspicious.
Meaning & usage
Auspicious.
It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
Favored by fortune.
We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.
This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate.
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