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Latin word accidere comes from Latin caedo, Latin cado
caedo (Latin)
Cut, hew, fell.. Defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side).. Kill.. Strike, beat.
cado (Latin)
(impersonal) It happens, occurs, befalls, comes to pass. I cease. I decay. I die. I fall.
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.
accidere (Latin)