event
something that happens
Roots
- e- / ex-: out, out of, away, or forth
- ven / vent: come or arrive
Other words with the ven / vent root
- advent: arrival or beginning
- circumvent: to get around or bypass
- contravene: to violate or go against a rule or principle
- convene: to come together for a meeting
- convention: a meeting or accepted custom
- conventional: following accepted custom or usual practice
- intervene: to come between
Event is what comes out or comes to pass.
The small event changed the whole argument.