Morpheme
Serendipe
Type
bound base
Denotation
combination of events that come together positively by chance, unintended but fortunate experience or discovery
Etymology
Modern English Serendip, from Serendib; Arabic sarandīb; Persian sarandip
Evidence
serendipitous, serendipitously, serendipitousness, serendipity
Notes
serendipity coined by English writer and politician Horace Walpole in 1754 based on the Persian story of The Three Princes of Serendip
classical base analysis
Modern Base Analysis
<Serendipite> denoting “serendipity”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -itous
from serendipity (<Serendipe + -i- + -ty>)
serendipitous, serendipitously, serendipitousness
