adventitious

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs/ UK /ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
arising from an external or accidental cause rather than inherently

Their meeting was purely adventitious, owing to a missed train.

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Synonyms

1 adj · arising from an external or... accidental incidental extraneous extrinsic fortuitous chance casualsupervenient

Opposites

inherent intrinsic innate essential congenital

Word family

Derived forms adventitiouslyadventitiousness

Related forms adventure advent

Etymology

From Latin adventicius ('coming from abroad, foreign, extraneous'), from adventus ('arrival'), past participle of advenire ('to come to, arrive'), from ad ('to') + venire ('to come').

adventicius Latin advenire Latin venire Latin

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Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives

# adventitious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs
**IPA (UK):** ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs

## Meanings
1. arising from an external or accidental cause rather than inherently

## Examples
- Their meeting was purely adventitious, owing to a missed train.

## Synonyms
- accidental
- incidental
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- fortuitous
- chance
- casual
- supervenient

## Antonyms
- inherent
- intrinsic
- innate
- essential
- congenital

## Derived Forms
- adventitiously
- adventitiousness

## Related Forms
- adventure
- advent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: adventicius
- Root: advenire
- Root: venire

## Etymology
From Latin adventicius ('coming from abroad, foreign, extraneous'), from adventus ('arrival'), past participle of advenire ('to come to, arrive'), from ad ('to') + venire ('to come').

## AI Etymology
Adventitious is from Latin adventicius ('coming from abroad, foreign, extraneous'), from adventus ('arrival'), past participle of advenire ('to come to, arrive'), from ad ('to') + venire ('to come'). Important recorded forms include adventicius (Latin), advenire (Latin), and venire (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers arising from an external or accidental cause rather than inherently. The wider family includes derived forms such as adventitiously and adventitiousness and related words such as adventure and advent.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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