accidental的词源

英文词源

accidental (adj.)

late 14c., "non-essential," from Old French accidentel or directly from Medieval Latin accidentalis, from Latin accidentem (see accident). Meaning "outside the normal course of nature" is from early 15c.; that of "coming by chance" is from 1570s.

accidental (n.)

late 14c., "non-essential quality," from accidental (adj.). The musical sense is from 1868.

中文词源

accidental：意外的，偶然的

词根词缀：ac-加强意义 + -cid-降临 + -ent名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾,…的

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