Existing or happening at the same time as something else; belonging to the same period.
From Latin 'contemporaneus,' built from 'con-' (together) and 'temporaneus' (of the same time), from 'tempus' (time). This is a more formal variant of 'contemporaneous,' popular in older scholarly writing.
This word is packed with redundancy—'con-' and 'temporaneus' both essentially mean 'same time,' so the word is almost saying 'same-time-same-time,' which shows how languages build emphasis through repetition!
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