coetaneous

English

Alternative forms

• coaetaneous
• coætaneous (archaic)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coaetaneus (“one of the same age”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈteɪn.i.əs/, /-iˈteɪn-/

Adjective

coetaneous (comparative more coetaneous, superlative most coetaneous)

1. Belonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.
   • 1900, Lindsay Swift, Brook Farm: Its Members, Scholars, and Visitors, New York: Macmillan, page 251:

     The beginning of [Theodore] Parker's own perplexities was almost coetaneous with the establishment of Brook Farm, for his 'Discourse of the Transient and Permanent in Religion,' which was preached at the ordination of Mr. Shackford in South Boston, on May 19, 1841, occasioned the division of the religious community for and against him.

Synonyms

• contemporaneous; see also Thesaurus:contemporary

Translations

contemporary — see contemporary

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “coetaneous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.