accompaniment etymology

English word accompaniment comes from English pyramid, English accompany

Detailed word origin of accompaniment

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pyramid English (eng) (intransitive) To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.. (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.. To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid (UK, dated) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.. (card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.. (card games, uncountable) . (a [...]
accompany English (eng) (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.. (intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit (with).. (transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.. (transitive) To supplement with; add to.. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist [...]
accompaniment English (eng) (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

Words with the same origin as accompaniment

Descendants of accompany
accompanable accompaniable accompaniest accompanieth accompanist