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Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally stumbles upon something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated. The word has been voted as one of the ten English words that were hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. However, due to its sociological use, the word has been imported into many other languages (Portuguese serendipicidade orserendipidade; French sérendipicité or sérendipité but also heureux hasard, “fortunate chance” (…)

Etymology

The word derives from Serendip, the Persian name for Sri Lanka. The Persian word itself has been derived from Sanskrit name for Sri Lanka viz. Swarnadweep (Swarna meaning golden and Dweep meaning island) (…)

Wikipedia

That’s how the modest doctor I met today described her recent discovery for treating a certain condition in dermatology.