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Fortune

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means chance or luck as it affects a person's life, or a large amount of wealth
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Stage 1 of 2
Fortuna
Latin · ancient
"the goddess of luck"
the Roman goddess of luck and chance
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Stage 2 of 2
fortune
English · 1300s
"chance or luck, or a large amount of wealth"
broadened from the goddess to chance itself, and later great wealth
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