Where does “incident” come from?
Incident comes from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present participle of incidere meaning to fall upon or occur, formed from the prefix in and cadere meaning to fall.
incident (English): An event or occurrence; A event that is...
Definitions
- An event or occurrence; A event that is...
Ancestry of “incident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | incident | — |
| 2 | Old French | incident | — |
| 3 | Latin | incidens | falling upon; cutting up, hewing open;... |
| 4 | Latin | incidere | present active infinitive of incidō;... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |