英语词汇incidental的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	incidental
词源	incidental adj. "casual, occurring casually in connection with something else; of minor importance," 1640s, from Medieval Latin incidentalis, from incidens (see incident (n.)). The earlier adjective in this sense was incident (1520s). Incidentals (n.) "'occasional' expenses, etc.," is attested by 1707. Incidental music "background music," originally in operas, is from 1812. Entries linking to incidental incident n. early 15c., "something which occurs casually in connection with something else," from Old French incident (13c.), and directly from Latin incidentem (nominative incidens), present participle of incidere "to fall in, fall, find the way; light upon, fall in with; fall upon, occur; happen, befall," from in- "on" (from PIE root en "in") + -cidere, combining form of cadere "to fall" (from PIE root kad- "to fall"). Broader sense of "an occurrence viewed as a separate circumstance" is from mid-15c. Euphemistic meaning "event that might trigger a crisis or political unrest" first attested 1913. incidentally adv. 1520s, "by the way, casually;" see incidental + -ly (2). Sense of "as a new but related point" attested by 1925. updated on March 18, 2016
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incidental adj.