adventitious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective associated by chance and not an integral part; - Frederick W. Robertson

Etymology

From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns).

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