I. ˈfȯr-chən noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fortuna; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps to ferre to carry — more at bear
Date: 14th century
1. often capitalized : a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably
2. obsolete : accident , incident
3.
a. : prosperity attained partly through luck : success
b. : luck 1
c. plural : the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life)
her fortune s varied but she never gave up
4. : destiny , fate
can tell your fortune
also : a prediction of fortune
5.
a. : riches , wealth
a man of fortune
b. : a store of material possessions
the family fortune
c. : a very large sum of money
spent a fortune redecorating
II. verb
( for·tuned ; for·tun·ing )
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to give good or bad fortune to
2. archaic : to endow with a fortune
intransitive verb
archaic : happen , chance