English
accompany
Accompany comes from Old French acompagner ‘to associate with’, from compaing ‘companion’, and ultimately from Latin pānis ‘bread, loaf’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpānis‘bread, loaf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompāniō‘comrade’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400compaing‘companion’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400acompagner‘to associate with’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accompanien
- Englishearliest quotation 1534accompany
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpānis‘bread, loaf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompāniō‘comrade’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400compaing‘companion’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400acompagner‘to associate with’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accompanien
- Englishearliest quotation 1534accompany
Earliest quotation: 1534, John Bourchier: “Gijb, Suche as accompanyeth with man-killers and murtherers.”
first attested * First attested in early 15th century (as stated in the etymology)
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
food, father, feed, pattern, pope, foster, apparent, fur, pastor, penetration, papa, patriot, patron, fodder, perpetrator, fad, pasture, forage, paternal, paternity, ayr, padre, perpetrate, patrician, pater, père, panini, pav, patrimony, pantaloons, compere, 61 more
through Latin pānis ‘bread, loaf’
Today it means
verb To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pānis / accompany