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coeval

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈiːvəl/

The English word “coeval” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of the same age or era; contemporary.

noun

  1. Something of the same era.
  2. Somebody of the same age.

Etymology

From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).

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