The story
- Latin · derived fromincidens
- Middle French · derived fromincident
- English todayincident
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
Words from the same roots
Latinincidens all →
incidence
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.