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concomitant

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con⋅com⋅i⋅tant

  [kon-kom-i-tuhnt, kuhn-]
Use concomitant in a Sentence
–adjective
1. existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.
–noun
2. a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L concomitant- (s. of concomitāns, prp. of concomitārī), equiv. to con- con- + comit- (s. of comes) comes + -ant- -ant

Related forms:
con⋅com⋅i⋅tant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. associated.
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con·com·i·tant   (kən-kŏm'ĭ-tənt)   
adj.  Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant. See Synonyms at contemporary.
n.  One that occurs or exists concurrently with another.

[Late Latin concomitāns, concomitant-, present participle of concomitārī, to accompany : Latin com-, com- + Latin comitārī, to accompany (from comes, comit-, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots).]
con·com'i·tant·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

concomitant 
1607, from Fr. concomitant, from L. concomitantem, prp. of concomitari "accompany, attend," from com- "with, together" + comitari "join as a companion," from comes (gen. comitis) "companion."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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