incident
English
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) An event or occurrence.
- A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱh₂d-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accidence English
- accidentally English
- casualty English
- coincidental English
- incidency English
- incidental English
- incidentally English
- incidentalness English
- incidentaloma English
- incidentalome English
- nonincident English
- nonincidental English
- occiduous English
- preincident English
- recidivate English
- recidivism English
- recidivistic English
- recidivous English
- seroincident English
- unincidental English
- accidēns Latin
- cadaver Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadāver Latin
- casus Latin
- cāsuālis Latin
- decadens Latin
- decadentia Latin
- decido Latin
- dēciduus Latin
- dēcidō, decidere Latin
- excido Latin
- incidens Latin
- occasionem Latin
- occidens Latin
- occidentalis Latin
- occidentem Latin
- recidivus Latin
- recido Latin
- cascata Italian
- coïncider French
- récidiviste French
- *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *kadō Proto-Italic