Etymology

destiny

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Today it means: That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will. Full definition →

Middle English destine ← Old French destinee ← Latin dēstinō
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destiny · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromdēstinō
  2. Old French · derived fromdestinee
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdestine
  4. English todaydestiny

From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine). Displaced Old English wyrd.

Destiny · proper noun2

From the noun destiny since the 1970s.

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