The story
- Latin · derived fromincidens
- Medieval Latin · derived fromincidentia“a falling upon”
- Middle French · derived fromincidence
- English todayincidence
From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”).
Words from the same roots
Latinincidens all →
incident
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.