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means Something that goes along with a main thing to support, complete, or enhance it — like a side dish to an entrée or an instrumental backing to a melody.

from From French accompagner, built from the prefix a- ('to') plus compagnon — 'companion,' itself from Latin com- ('together with') and panis ('bread'). A companion was literally someone you shared bread with, so an accompaniment is, at its root, whatever agrees to break bread alongside the main thing and walk beside it without stealing the meal.