## Meanings
1. A surprising situation in which events happen at the same time by chance, with no real connection.
2. The fact of two or more things happening at the same time.

## Examples
- It was just a coincidence that we were both in Paris that week.
- The coincidence of the two festivals filled every hotel in town.

## Synonyms
- simultaneousness
- synchronicity

## Derived Forms
- anticoincidence
- cohencidence
- cohencidental
- coinkydink
- incoincidence
- noncoincidence

## Related Forms
- coincide
- coincident
- coincidental
- coincidentally

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱh₂d-
- Root: coincidence

## Etymology
From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.

## AI Etymology
coincidence is a noun. It is from Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence. Historical forms in the chain include *ḱh₂d- (Proto-Indo-European) and coincidence (Middle French). Current senses include a surprising situation in which events happen at the same time by chance, with no real connection and the fact of two or more things happening at the same time. Derived forms include anticoincidence, cohencidence, cohencidental, coinkydink, and incoincidence. Related words include coincide, coincident, coincidental, and coincidentally.

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