unaccompanied

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled unaccompanyed

US /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/ UK /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having no companion or escort; without musical accompaniment

The choir sang an unaccompanied piece.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having no companion or... alone solounescortedlone solitary companionless

Opposites

accompaniedescortedattended

Word family

Related forms accompany accompaniment company companion

Etymology

From un- ('not') + accompanied, past participle of accompany, from Old French acompaignier ('to associate with'), from a- + compaignon ('companion'), ultimately from Late Latin companio ('one who shares bread').

un- Old English acompaignier Old French companio Latin

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# unaccompanied

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/

## Meanings
1. having no companion or escort; without musical accompaniment

## Examples
- The choir sang an unaccompanied piece.

## Synonyms
- alone
- solo
- unescorted
- lone
- solitary
- companionless

## Antonyms
- accompanied
- escorted
- attended

## Related Forms
- accompany
- accompaniment
- company
- companion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: acompaignier
- Root: companio

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + accompanied, past participle of accompany, from Old French acompaignier ('to associate with'), from a- + compaignon ('companion'), ultimately from Late Latin companio ('one who shares bread').

## AI Etymology
Unaccompanied comes from un- ('not') + accompanied, past participle of accompany, from Old French acompaignier ('to associate with'), from a- + compaignon ('companion'), ultimately from Late Latin companio ('one who shares bread'). The historical chain includes Old English un-, Old French acompaignier, and Latin companio. The quoted older senses, "not", "to associate with", "companion", and "one who shares bread", supply the semantic anchors for unaccompanied. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word unaccompanied carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "having no companion or escort; without musical accompaniment". Related English forms include accompany, accompaniment, company, and companion. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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