English
contemporaneous
Contemporaneous comes from Latin contemporāneus ‘contemporary’, from tempus ‘time’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos‘stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempus‘time’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontemporāneus‘contemporary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1736contemporaneous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos‘stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempus‘time’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontemporāneus‘contemporary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1736contemporaneous
Earliest quotation: 1736, Isaac Newton, Including the Fluxions of Quantities: “Let AE and ae be two Lines indefinitely extended…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’
antenna, contemplate, templar, contemplation, 21 more
through Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’
temperature, temporal, temperate, temperament, tamper, temperance, tempera, 14 more
through Latin tempus ‘time’
temple, temporary, tense, temper, template, tempo, matin, tempura, tempestuous, 13 more
Today it means
adj Existing or created in the same period of time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temp- / contemporaneous