profit
Guess comes from Dutch or German word. Its origin is unknown. It is believed to have been introduced around the 15th century through trade and commerce, and at that time, it was a gambling term referring to profit and the outcome of a game.
Luck
lʌk · noun
Starting with gambling and moving on to chance luck
Collector김택훈
Sources9
Connections5
Start
Why I Collected This Word
It isn't come from the old English, so I think if I follow the path of luck, maybe I can see the many path of it. It worths.
First question · How can we define the luck is? Why we think luck is the reason of something?
01 Birth
Origin Journey
DutchDutch luc -Middle Englishlucke -Englishluck
- Source language
- Dutch
- Word parts
- luck(luck)
- Original meaning
- happiness, good fortune
- First known English use
- 1440, Promptorium Parvulorum
- Original English meaning
- or wynnyng, lucrum.(or winning, profit)
This breakdown explains the word’s historical imagery; it is not a literal modern definition.
02 Change & ContextNext, follow how that first meaning moved, and what world it moved through.Continue to 02 Change & Context →
02 Change & Context
How Luck changed over time
One card per era — the meaning it carried, and the world it carried it in.
The chance occurrence of situations or events either favourable or unfavourable to a person's interests
After all, the meaning changes the happy state comes from the fortune. In many situation, luck used to the chance occurrence of situations or events either favourable or unfavourable to a person's interests
03 NetworkNext, see which other words this one stands beside.Continue to 03 Network →
03 Network
Word Network
Tap a node to open its note and source.
Word Family
- luckyDirect — The adjective form of luck(luck+-y) means actions or objects likely to bring luck.
- lucklessDirect — mean have no luck. form of (luck+-less). It believed used first at 15th century
Synonym
- fortunePersonal interpretation — Have similar -almost same- meaning to luck.
Collocation
- Good luckStrong — It first appeared in William Caxton's translation of The History of Reynard the Fox (1481). It is believed that, after 1800, it came to be used as a greeting when someone was setting out to do something.
Historical Connection
- gamblePersonal interpretation — At first, luck has a meaning of profit or win/lose of gamble.
04 VoicesNext, ask people what the word means to them today.Continue to 04 Voices →
04 Voices
Community Voices
4 people answered · 0 agreed to be quoted.
| Group | Words that kept coming back |
|---|---|
| student | |
| parent |
Across all the answers
- Words that kept coming back
- 행운(2),네잎클로버(1),인생(1),있으면 좋겠는 것(1), 마인크래프트 럭키박스(1)
- Differences between groups
- 집단에 크게 상관 없이 행운 이라는 의미가 가장 보편적임. 그 외에도 행운과 관련된 상징 물들이 많이 보임
- What nobody mentioned
- 동전-뭔가 행운 하면 떠오름 룰렛-운 하면 떠오르는 것
- My interpretation
- 확실히 luck하면 행운이 가장 먼저 떠오르는 경향이 있음. 그 외에도 나도 그렇고 다른 사람들도 그렇고 행운과 관련된 물체들이 떠오름. 긍정적인 의미로써 있으면 좋겠는 것이라는 인식도 있는 듯
05 ReflectionNext, put the first definition beside the one that survived.Continue to 05 Reflection →
05 Reflection
My Definition of LUCK
Before Research
A luck is something causes good things or bad things.
→
After Research
Although “luck” refers to fortunate or chance occurrences, if we attribute all such events solely to luck, the significance of our actions may be diminished.
The evidence that changed my thinking
After learning about the meaning of “providence” and its various synonyms, as described above, I defined luck as something that does not simply bring about good or bad things.
How the thinking moved
- I used to think…
- First, I think it is just a luck that causes good or bad things.
- I discovered…
- While searching for words related to “luck,” I came across a word with an interesting distinction: “providence.” This word refers to a predetermined plan and has a positive connotation. However, the biggest difference is that “luck” involves chance, whereas “providence” is predetermined.
Next · JournalAnd from there, the writing begins.Continue to Next · Journal →
Next
From Research to My Life
Where the research touched a real life — this is where the journal begins.
We may define the luck is the cause of things but it may make our works diminished.
chosen topicOtherLuck can be the mean of the result, but it can make our works may be diminished.
Sources
All the evidence
- Etymonlineused in 01 Origin, 02 Change & Context, 03 Network
- OED(Oxford English Dictionary)used in 01 Origin
- www.oed.com/dictionary/luck_n?tl=true&tab=factsheetused in 02 Change & Context
- www.oed.com/dictionary/luck_n?tab=meaning_and_use&tl=trueused in 02 Change & Context
- etymonlineused in 03 Network
- etymonlineused in 03 Network
- Grammarphobia, etymonline.used in 03 Network
- etymonlineused in 03 Network
Q&A
Questions about this word
Ask 김택훈 anything about this word — what they found, what they left out, or what you would have looked for. Only 김택훈 and the teachers can answer.이 단어에 대해 궁금한 것을 물어보세요. 답은 단어를 수집한 김택훈 학생(과 선생님)이 답니다.
No questions yet — be the first to ask.아직 질문이 없어요. 처음으로 물어보세요.
Sign in to leave a question.질문을 남기려면 로그인하세요.