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Contemporary

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means belonging to or existing in the present time, or the same time period as something else
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Stage 1 of 2
con
Latin · ancient
"together with"
together with, combined with tempus (time)
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Stage 2 of 2
contemporary
English · 1630s
"existing or occurring in the same time period"
settled as the English word for something existing in the same time period
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