English word accident comes from Latin cado, Latin caedo, Latin accidere, and later Latin accidens (Accident, circumstance (chance event).)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| cado | Latin (lat) | (impersonal) It happens, occurs, befalls, comes to pass. I cease. I decay. I die. I fall. |
| caedo | Latin (lat) | Cut, hew, fell.. Defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side).. Kill.. Strike, beat. |
| accidere | Latin (lat) | |
| accido | Latin (lat) | I begin to cut or cut into or through; fell, cut down.. I impair, weaken, shatter.. I use up, consume, diminish. (intransitive) I happen (to), take place, occur, befall.. (transitive) I fall down, upon, at or near; descend. |
| accidens | Latin (lat) | Accident, circumstance (chance event). |
| accident | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Accident (chance occurrence). Symptom (medical). |
| accident | English (en) | (euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.. (euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.. (geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.. (grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.. (heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.. (legal) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous [...] |