Coincide
/ˌkoʊ.ɪnˈsaɪd/noun
To occur at the same time or in the same place; to agree exactly.
Did you know?Coincide comes through Latin from the idea of two things “falling together,” which is why the word feels so perfect for synchronicity, alignment, and those eerie moments when life seems scripted.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
coincidere
“to fall together; to happen at the same time”
Late Latin
Latin
co- + incidere
“with + to fall upon, fall into”
Classical Latin
Latin
incidere
“to fall into, strike upon, happen”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kad-
“to fall”
14th–16th Century
English
coincide
“to happen at the same time; later, to agree exactly”