concomitant

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con·com·i·tant / kənˈkämitənt/ formal • adj. naturally accompanying or associated: she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries.• n. a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.DERIVATIVES: con·com·i·tant·ly adv.

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concomitant

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concomitant XVII. — prp. of late L. concomitārī accompany, f. CON- + comitārī, f. comes, comit- companion; see COUNT 2, -ANT.
So concomitance XVI.

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