The earliest known use of the adjective lucky is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for lucky is from around 1450, in the ...

6 нояб. 2020 г. · ... word of unknown origin. It has cognates in Modern Dutch geluk, Middle High German g(e)lücke, German Glück "fortune, good luck." Perhaps ...

Before the adoption of luck at the end of the Middle Ages, Old English and Middle English expressed the notion of "good fortune" with the word speed (Middle ...

The earliest known use of the noun lucky is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for lucky is from 1821, in the writing of Pierce Egan, sporting journalist ...

9 мар. 2021 г. · According to several sources, this meaning was likely borrowed from earlier Middle Dutch (“gheluc”) or Germanic (“gelücke”) speakers, who ...

17 мая 2021 г. · Lukken (mid-15c.) was a verb in Middle English meaning "to happen, chance;" also "happen fortunately" (from the noun or from Middle Dutch lucken) ...

1. having good luck 2. happening by chance : fortuitous 3. producing or resulting in good by chance : favorable 4. seeming to bring good luck Synonyms of lucky · Get lucky · Lucky day · Lucky devil

Luck has a Middle Dutch root, luc, which is a shortened form of gheluc, "happiness or good fortune." "Luck." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https:/ ...

A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern ... English · Etymology · Pronunciation · Noun