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coeval (adjective) (not comparable)
Descriptive of something of the same age or antiquity: The old school clock was coeval with the one in the museum, so it had to be quite valuable!
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aevum, evum; etern-; aeternus
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1. Someone or something originating or existing during the same time: The ongoing war was coeval with acute inflation in many countries.
2. Another person of the same era or period; a contemporary: A coeval of Mrs. Smith taught at the same school as she did and taught there the same length of time as well.
3. Etymology: from Latin coaevus which comes from co-, "jointly, in common" + aevum, "age".
2. Another person of the same era or period; a contemporary: A coeval of Mrs. Smith taught at the same school as she did and taught there the same length of time as well.
3. Etymology: from Latin coaevus which comes from co-, "jointly, in common" + aevum, "age".
This entry is located in the following unit:
aevum, evum; etern-; aeternus
(page 1)