English
fortunate
Fortunate comes from Latin fortūna ‘fortune, luck’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fortūnāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortūna‘fortune, luck’next step skipped: Latin fortūnō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortūnātus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fortunat(e)
- Englishearliest quotation 1854fortunate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fortūnāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortūna‘fortune, luck’next step skipped: Latin fortūnō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortūnātus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fortunat(e)
- Englishearliest quotation 1854fortunate
Earliest quotation: 1854, Edward Stanley, A Familiar History of Birds : Their Nature: “if it sits still, with its breast towards them,…”
Equivalent to fortune + -ate
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Proto-Italic *fortūnā
Latin fortuna ‘fate, luck’
Old French fortune
Middle English fortune
English fortune
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂
Today it means
adj Auspicious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂ / fortunate