coetaneous

(kō'ĭ-tā'nē-əs)
adj.
Of equal age, duration, or period; coeval.

[From Late Latin coaetāneus, a contemporary : Latin co-, co- + Latin aetās, age.]

coetaneously co'e·ta'ne·ous·ly adv.
coetaneousness co'e·ta'ne·ous·ness n.

(ko-i-TAY-nee-uhs)

adjective
Having the same age; contemporary.

Etymology
From Latin coaetaneus (contemporary), from co- (with) + aetas (age). Ultimately from the Indo-European root aiw-/ayu- (vital force, life, eternity) that is also the source of ever, never, aye, nay, eon, eternal, medieval, primeval, utopia, Sanskrit Ayurveda, and aught aught. ]

Usage
"In 1993 Camilo Jose Cela published his Memorias, a painstakingly detailed narrative of his life, at odds in many points with a previously written biography by his son, Camilo Cela Conde, as well as with the recollections of his many friends and coetaneous narrators." — Thilo Ullmann; Spain's Cela; World & I (Washington, DC); Jan 2002.

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adjective

Belonging to the same period of time as another: coeval, coexistent, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, synchronic, synchronous. See time.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of the same period
  Synonyms: coeval, contemporaneous

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