English

hard-luck

From hard + luck.

A compound of hard + luck

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)

Old English heard ‘hard’

Middle English hard

English hard

Middle English luk ‘good fortune’

English luck

Today it means

adj Marked by or experiencing difficulty, as if by bad luck.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hard-luck