lucky

Meaning

Adjective

• Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
• Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

Origin

• From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky ("lucky"), West Frisian lokkich ("lucky, fortunate"), Dutch gelukkig ("lucky, fortunate, happy"). Compare also Danish lykkelig ("happy"), Swedish lycklig ("happy, lucky"), German glücklich ("happy").