Where does “unaccidental” come from?
unaccidental (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.
unaccidental (English): Not accidental
Definitions
- Not accidental
Ancestry of “unaccidental”, step by step
unaccidental traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accidental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accidental | Not essential; incidental, secondary;... |
| 2 | Middle English | accidental | — |
| 3 | Middle French | accidentel | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | accidentalis | — |
| 5 | Latin | accidēns | falling down, upon, at or near, descending |
| 6 | Latin | accidō | to fall down, upon, at or near; descend |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |