| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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fortuitous
1) happening by chance, accidental; 2) fortunate
He believed his wartime survival to be purely fortuitous, not the result of divine intervention; God must have slept as millions died, he mused.
Related English words: fortuitousness, fortuity (fortuitousness; a chance happening)
Latin root words: fortuitus, fortuita, fortuitum - happening by chance, accidental; fors, fortis, f. - chance, luck, accident
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