Accompanies

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To go together with another entity as a partner or support
2. To go along with or exist together with another thing as a partner or supplement
3. To appear or happen jointly, providing support or complementing something else

Etymology: "Accompanies" is the third-person singular form of "accompany", so its history is that of the verb itself. The verb entered English in the early 15th century as "accompanien", borrowed from Old French "acompagner", meaning "to associate with". Its deepest root is Latin "compāniō", a word for someone who shares your bread, built from "com" ("with") and "pānis" ("bread"), the same idea that gave us "companion" and "company". The French verb grew from a noun. "Acompagner" was formed from "compaing", the old French word for a companion, so to accompany someone was originally to act as a companion to them. The English verb kept that sense of keeping someone company, and "accompany" gradually acquired the meaning of going along with someone or something, which is the sense this form carries here.

Synonyms: attends, joins, complements, supports, partners

Antonyms: leaves, forsakes, abandons, isolates, divorces