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contemporaneous

The origin and history of contemporaneous.

Etymology

From Latin contemporāneus, meaning ‘contemporary’, formed from con-, meaning ‘with’, tempus, meaning ‘time’, and -aneus, meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ (compare Late Latin temporāneus, meaning ‘opportune, timely’).

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