concomitant

The story

1. Latin · derived fromconcomitāns
2. Middle French · derived fromconcomitant
3. English todayconcomitant

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”).

First known use, by meaning

• from early 17th c. Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.