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Etymology of the Spanish word accidente

the Spanish word accidente
derived from 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 cidere
derived from the Latin word cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kad- (to fall)

Cognates

English accident, French accident, German Akzidenz, Italian accidente, Norwegian aksidens



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