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Where does “nonincident” come from?

nonincident (English) comes from English incident, from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incidens, from Latin incidere, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

nonincident (English): Not incident

Definitions

  1. Not incident

Ancestry of “nonincident”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishincidentAn event or occurrence; A event that is...
2Middle Frenchincident—
3Old Frenchincident—
4Latinincidensfalling upon; cutting up, hewing open;...
5Latininciderepresent active infinitive of incidō;...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →