accompagner French · revision 16538

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1165, Chrétien de Troyes, Guillaume d'Angleterre|origins=la-lat compāniō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.kɔ̃.pa.ɲe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accompagner'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''acompaignier''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fro|a-|compain]], formed with the prefix “a-”, the Old French nominative [[m|fro|compain|t=companion]] (see [[compagnon]], [[copain]]) and a verbal ending.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|2, 967a) “Compain” continues [[la-lat|compāniō]], made of [[m|la|cum|t=with]] and [[m|la|pānis|t=bread]] on the model of a Germanic word such as [[got|𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰|tr=gahlaiba|t=messmate]], one who eats his bread with another.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Compare [[pro|acompanhar]], [[ca|acompanyar]], [[es|acompañar]] and [[it|accompagnare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Chrétien de Troyes' ''Guillaume d'Angleterre'' (1165) it means to take someone as a companion.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the Middle Ages ''s'accompagner à'' meant to keep company with, and ''accompagner'' to associate; in law (1239) it was to take someone as a partner in the ownership of goods or rights, a sense that lasted into the 16th century.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) With a thing as object it meant to join one thing with another (end of the 12th century).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The musical sense, to play a part supporting the voice or another instrument, appears in the 15th century.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) ''Accompagnateur'' is in Mme de Sévigné (about 1670), and ''raccompagner'' in Zola (1877).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1165 – To take as a companion, Chrétien de Troyes.^(TLFi)

+ * Late 12th century – To join one thing with another, Saint Bernard's ''Sermons''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1239 – In law, to take as a partner.^(TLFi)

+ * 13th century – ''Accompagnement''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 15th century – The musical sense.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1670 – ''Accompagnateur'', Mme de Sévigné.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1877 – ''Raccompagner'', Zola.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|accompany]], go with: ''je t'accompagne à la gare''; to [[m|en|escort]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To support, stand by: ''accompagner un malade''.^(Le Robert)

+ # Of things, to go with, come with: ''la fièvre accompagne souvent cette maladie'', ''un vin pour accompagner le fromage''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(music)'' To accompany: ''accompagner un chanteur au piano''.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

+ # ''Mes vœux vous accompagnent'': my good wishes go with you.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accompagnement]]

+ * [[accompagnateur]]

+ * [[accompagnant]]

+ * [[raccompagner]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compagnon]]

+ * [[compagne]]

+ * [[compagnie]]

+ * [[copain]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}