THE FIRST WORD

concomitant

PRONUNCIATION:

(kuhn-KOM-i-tuhnt) 

MEANING:

adjective: Occurring concurrently, especially in an incidental way.
noun: Something that occurs concurrently.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin (concomitari, to accompany), com- (with) + comitari (to accompany), from comes (companion). Earliest documented use: 1608.

USAGE:

"A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition."
Charles Caleb Colton; Lacon: or Many Things in Few Words; Longmans; 1837.