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Where does “accidentel” come from?

accidentel (French) comes from French accident, from Latin accidēns, from Latin accidō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

accidentel (French): accidental

Definitions

  1. accidental

Ancestry of “accidentel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccidentaccident
2Latinaccidēns—
3Latinaccidō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accidentel”

  • accidentalité
  • accidental
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →