ROSE AND LINDA'S JOURNAL

IS LUCK A DERIVATIVE OF LUCIFER

Looking at the word luck and the name lucifer, it is easy to see they both start with ‘LUC.’  That in itself gives us cause to stop and wonder exactly where does luck come from.  We prefer to say ‘Blessed’, but to each his/her own.  Still we wanted to look at this and the following is our findings.

Merriam-Webster 

Luck: Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle High German gelücke luck

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to LUCK

Synonyms

fortunateness, fortune, luckiness

Antonyms

mischance, misfortune, unluckiness

Related Words

blessing, boon, fluke, godsend, hit, serendipity, strike, windfall; break, chance, opportunity; coup, stroke

1.

a :  a force that brings good fortune or adversity

b :  the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual

2

:  favoring chance; also :  success

Lucifer:

Middle English, the morning star, a fallen rebel archangel, the Devil, from Old English, from Latin, the morning star, from lucifer light-bearing, from luc-, lux light + -fer -ferous — more at light

First Known Use: before 12th century

1

—used as a name of the devil

2

:  the planet Venus when appearing as the morning star

Simple enough, the two words are in no way connected.  Still we prefer to stick with ‘Blessing.’

God Bless

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