[ˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an instance of something happening; an event or occurrence
(e.g: several amusing incidents)

- a privilege, burden, or right attaching to an office, estate, or other holding


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’

[ˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- liable to happen because of; resulting from
(e.g: the changes incident to economic development)

- (especially of light or other radiation) falling on or striking something
(e.g: when an ion beam is incident on a surface)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’