The English word concurrent means that someone or something works in parallel or in harmony with someone or something else. The Swedish equivalent is samtidig, samverkande. The word comes from Latin CONCURRENTEM, running together. The Latin word also meant clash, fight.
This last meaning is found in Swedish konkurrent, which means competitor, the opposite of people working in harmony. In the early 1500s, the English verb concur meant to collide or clash.
The corresponding nouns are English concurrence and Swedish konkurrens, again with opposite meanings.
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