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Where does “accidere” come from?

accidere (Latin) comes from Latin accido, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

accidere (Latin): present active infinitive of accidō; third-person...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of accidō; third-person...

Ancestry of “accidere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaccidoI fall down, upon, at or near; descend; I happen...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accidere”

  • accident
  • accidence
  • postaccident
  • accidentality
  • accidentologist
  • nonaccident
  • accidentary
  • accidentology
  • accidentia
  • accidens
  • accidente
  • accidentado
  • accidentar
  • accident
  • accidentar
  • aicíd
  • aicídeach
  • accident
  • aiccidit
  • açidente
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