fortuitus

happening by chance

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While kneeling to tie an undone shoelace, a woman unexpectedly notices a banknote beside her shoe.

adjective

fortuitous

for-TOO-ih-tus/fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs/

Happening by chance rather than by design.

Etymology

fortuitousLatinhappening by chance

Latin fortuitus describes something happening by chance rather than design. Chance is the inherited idea; the lucky implication in the selected sense adds a favorable outcome.

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