Etymograph

English

concomitant

Concomitant comes from Latin concomitāns ‘accompanying, escorting, attending’, and goes back to comes ‘companion’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomes‘companion’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomitor‘to accompany’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcomitor‘to accompany’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcomitāns‘accompanying, escorting, attending’present participle of concomitor
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600concomitant
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1689same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomes‘companion’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomitor‘to accompany’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcomitor‘to accompany’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcomitāns‘accompanying, escorting, attending’present participle of concomitor
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600concomitant
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1689same form

Earliest quotation: 1689, John Locke: “It has therefore pleased our wise Creator to annex…”

first attested First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”) (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (‘to accompany’), from con- (‘together’) + comitor (‘to accompany’), from comes (‘companion’).

Linked words

through Latin comes ‘companion’

comes, county, count, conte, 7 more

through Latin comitor ‘to accompany’

comitatus, 1 more

Today it means

adj Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin comes / concomitant

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