English
contemporaneously
Contemporaneously comes from Latin contemporāneus ‘contemporary, contemporaneous’, 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, contemporaneous’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008contemporaneously
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, contemporaneous’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008contemporaneously
Earliest quotation: 2008, Jaroslav Peregrin, Book Reviews: “And with Sellars’ shift to the centerground of philosophical…”
Formed from contemporaneous + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’
Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’
Latin tempus ‘time’
Latin contemporāneus ‘contemporary’
English contemporaneous
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
adv In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temp- / contemporaneously