Where does “accidentality” come from?

accidentality (English) comes from English accidental, from Middle English accidental, from Middle French accidentel, from Late Latin accidentalis, from Latin accidēns, from Latin accidō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

accidentality (English): The quality of being accidental; accidentalness

Definitions

  1. The quality of being accidental; accidentalness

Ancestry of “accidentality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccidentalNot essential; incidental, secondary;...
2Middle Englishaccidental
3Middle Frenchaccidentel
4Late Latinaccidentalis
5Latinaccidēnsfalling down, upon, at or near, descending
6Latinaccidōto fall down, upon, at or near; descend
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-