Etymology of the English word contemporary
the English word
contemporaryderived from the Medieval Latin word
contemporariususing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the Latin word
tempus (time; time, condition, right time; weather)
using the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of contemporary in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
contemporizeUsage
Word found in Modern English
