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coincidental
- /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛntəl
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-lbor.
English co-
English incident
English -al
English incidental
English coincidental
From co- + incidental.
adjective more coincidental · most coincidental
- Occurring as or resulting from coincidence. Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came a
- Happening or existing at the same time.
