'Opportunity' is Latin for 'wind blowing toward harbor' — one of English's most beautiful buried metaphors.
A favorable set of circumstances or time for doing something; a chance for advancement or progress.
From Latin 'opportūnitās' (fitness, suitability, the right moment, favorable occasion), from 'opportūnus' (fit, seasonable, opportune, advantageous), composed of 'ob-' (toward, in front of, facing) + 'portus' (harbor, port, a place of safe arrival). The PIE root underlying 'portus' is *per- (to lead, to pass, to bring through), which also produced Latin 'porta' (gate, door — the thing you pass through → 'portal,' 'porch'), 'portāre' (to carry → 'portable,' 'transport,' 'export'), and by extension 'pons' (bridge — a way of passing over). The core metaphor
The word 'opportunity' contains one of the most beautiful hidden metaphors in English. Latin 'opportūnus' literally meant 'toward the harbor' — describing a wind that blows a ship toward safe port. An 'opportunity' was originally a favorable wind, a current that carries you to where you need