accidence

English

/ˈæk.sə.dəns/

noun
Definitions
  • (grammar) The accidents or inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
  • The rudiments of any subject.
  • A book containing the first principles of grammar; by extension, a book containing the rudiments of any subject or art.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱh₂d-

Gloss

fall

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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