fortune

la fortune (FR N-F) power that distributes happiness or unhappiness apparently according to no design; antique divinity representing this power; chance events; happy chance, luck; unhappy chance, bad luck; a life considered from the point of view of its happiness or unhappiness; situation in which someone finds himself; (modern) totality of one's estate, worldly goods, and other assets, usually of great value, a fortune. First appears in French in the 12th century, from Latin fortuna (good or…