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accidere
Latin · ancient
"to happen, to fall toward"
to fall toward, to happen, from ad- (toward) and cadere (to fall)
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accident
English · 1300s
"an unexpected and unintentional event, often unfortunate"
settled as the English word for an unexpected, unfortunate event
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