concomitant
n.something that happens at the same time as another thing. You use this when two things are connected and one usually comes with the other.
n.a thing that exists or occurs in conjunction with another. Often used in academic or formal contexts to describe a secondary effect that accompanies a primary event.
“The success of the project was a concomitant of hard work.”
“While the main goal was to reduce costs, the improved efficiency was a welcome concomitant of the new software.”
“The philosopher argued that the rise of industrial capitalism was a concomitant of the Enlightenment, as both relied on a rational approach to human labor and nature.”
“Baron Cohen claimed to have retired both Ali G and Borat in 2007, citing the characters’ popularity and the concomitant difficulty of finding unaware new subjects to interview or prank.”
First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.