Etymology

temporaneous

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Today it means: temporary Full definition →

Late Latin temporāneus ← Latin tempor-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtempor-“time”
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromtemporāneus“timely”
  3. English todaytemporaneous

Borrowed from Late Latin temporāneus (“timely”), derived from Latin tempor- (“time”).

Words from the same roots

Latintempus all →

tempotensetemporin

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