Supervene
/ˌsuː.pəˈviːn/noun
To occur or arrive as an additional or unexpected event, especially after something else.
Did you know?Supervene comes from Latin roots meaning “to come upon from above,” and in older philosophical and legal writing it described an event that arrives on top of another like a force descending from beyond.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷem-
“to come”
Latin
Latin
venīre
“to come”
Latin
Latin
super- + venīre
“to come upon from above; to come on top of”
Late Latin
Latin
supervenīre
“to come upon, arrive unexpectedly; to occur in addition”
Middle English
English
supervenen
“to come or happen in addition”
Modern English
English
supervene
“to occur as something additional or subsequent”