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adventitious
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adjective
  1. from an external source; not innate nor inherent
  2. (biology) developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source
  3. not congenital
Translations:
  • French: acquis(1,3), adventice (1,2)
Etymology: Latin adventicius, "foreign", from advenire, "to arrive"

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