Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fortunate

Fortunate (?; 135) , adjective

[Latin fortunatus, past participle of fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, from fortuna. See Fortune, n.]

1.
Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
2.
Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.