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Serendipity

/ˌsɛr.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/ noun

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

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See how a single Proto-Indo-European root branched into Germanic, Romance, and Slavic families with contextual usage notes.

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