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fortuitous

/fɔːˈtuːɪtəs/fawr-TOO-ih-tuhs
/fɔɹˈtuɪtəs/fawr-TOO-ih-tuhs

Meaningcasual

Common meaning: happening by chance

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAR‘bear, carry’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 231, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinfortuitus‘casual’source
  3. Middle Englishfortuitsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftscasual → happening by chancefortuitous‘happening by chance’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fortuitus ‘casual’.

Roots

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