Where does “unaccidentally” come from?
unaccidentally (English) comes from English unaccidental, from English accidental, from Middle English accidental, from Middle French accidentel, from Late Latin accidentalis, from Latin accidēns, from Latin accidō, from Latin ad- — in.
unaccidentally (English): Not by accident; intentionally
Definitions
- Not by accident; intentionally
Ancestry of “unaccidentally”, step by step
unaccidentally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unaccidental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unaccidental | Not accidental |
| 2 | English | accidental | Not essential; incidental, secondary;... |
| 3 | Middle English | accidental | — |
| 4 | Middle French | accidentel | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | accidentalis | — |
| 6 | Latin | accidēns | falling down, upon, at or near, descending |
| 7 | Latin | accidō | to fall down, upon, at or near; descend |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |