English

ill-fortune

From ill + fortune.

A compound of ill + fortune

Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz ‘evil, bad’

Old Norse íllr ‘evil, bad’

Middle English ille ‘evil’

English ill

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’

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Proto-Italic *fortūnā

Latin fortuna ‘fate, luck’

Old French fortune

Middle English fortune

Today it means

noun Bad luck; misfortune

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

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