Etymology

contemporal

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Today it means: Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action occurs (and is completed) immediately before the primary action of the statement. Full definition →

Latin contemporālis
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  1. Latin · derived fromcontemporālis
  2. English todaycontemporal

Borrowed from Latin contemporālis.

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