Translation
accident
Word origin
A transparent borrowing of the international word from Latin accidens, the present participle of accidere, to befall, from ad plus cadere, to fall. An accident is literally something that falls upon you.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- accidere
- English cognates
- accident, accidental
Examples
.
There was an accident on the main road.
nokte.
After the accident she no longer drives at night.
Feliĉe .
Fortunately nobody died in the accident.
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