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Other forms:

1st pers. sing.: accido
1st pers. sing.: accidt

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Etymology of the Latin word accidere

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 cidere

derived from the Latin word cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kad- (to fall)