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English word accident comes from Latin cado, Latin caedo, Latin accidere, and later Latin accidens (Accident, circumstance (chance event).)
cado (Latin)
(impersonal) It happens, occurs, befalls, comes to pass. I cease. I decay. I die. I fall.
caedo (Latin)
Cut, hew, fell.. Defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side).. Kill.. Strike, beat.
accidere (Latin)
accido (Latin)
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)
Accident, circumstance (chance event).
accident (Old French)
Accident (chance occurrence). Symptom (medical).
accident (English)
(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 [...]