English
coincide
Coincide comes from French coïncider ‘to coincide’, from Medieval Latin cadō ‘to fall, fall down, drop’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱh₂d-root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱád-e-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kadō‘to fall, sink’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cadōas cadere‘to fall, fall down, drop’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500coincidere
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcoïncider‘to coincide’
- Englishearliest quotation 1952coincide
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱh₂d-root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱád-e-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kadō‘to fall, sink’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cadōas cadere‘to fall, fall down, drop’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500coincidere
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcoïncider‘to coincide’
- Englishearliest quotation 1952coincide
Earliest quotation: 1952, R. C. Riley, By Rail to Kemp Town: “The last train ran on December 31, 1932, almost…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-
casual, cascade, decadence, 2 more
through Medieval Latin cadō ‘to fall, fall down, drop’
case, chance, occasion, accident, cheat, incident, decay, casualty, decadent, incidence, cadence, cadaver, deciduous, occidental, recidivism, occident, 15 more
Today it means
verb To occupy exactly the same space.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- / coincide