{"word":"adventitious","date":"2026-10-04","partOfSpeech":"adjective","pronunciation":"ad-ven-TISH-us","definition":"coming from an outside source, and neither inherent nor innate","example":"The house is like a museum—beautifully restored, full of period pieces, and with no adventitious elements in view.","etymology":"The word adventitious comes from Latin, specifically from the root \"adventus,\" meaning arrival or coming to, which is derived from \"ad-\" (to) and \"venire\" (to come). The term entered English around 1650, initially retaining its Latin sense of happening or arriving by chance.","source":"merriam-webster","sourceUrl":"https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/adventitious-2026-10-04","fetchedAt":"2026-10-04T16:24:42.496Z","cached":false}