Etymology of the Latin word accidens
the Latin word
accidens (accidental happening, chance event, contingency)
derived from the Latin word
accidere (cut, cut into, down; fall upon, down, to; happens, turns out, befalls)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
derived from the Latin word
ciderederived from the Latin word
cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kad- (to fall)
Derivations in Latin
accidentia,
accidentalisDerivations in other languages
French
accident, Italian
accidente, Portuguese
acidente, Spanish
accidente
