fors.
luck, chance
Meaning & usage
luck, chance
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), брать (bratʹ, “to take”), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root.
perhaps, perchance
Where this word comes from
From contraction of fors sit (“it might happen”).
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