adventitious
What is another word for adventitious? Here is its meaning, with related words and examples.
Adj — Coming from outside, rather than being a natural part of something.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Coming from outside, rather than being a natural part of something.
Opposites
Etymology
Comes from Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), which came from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) plus -īcius (adjective-forming suffix), itself from adveniō (“to arrive”) plus -tus (suffix forming action nouns).
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