coterminously

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adverb

In a coterminous manner; ending together.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English coterminous →
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Meanings

adverbcoterminously (not comparable)

alternative conterminously

  1. not comparableIn a coterminous manner; ending together.

    The new commission will be a 25-member body, serving coterminously with King and "at the pleasure of the governor."

    1979 April 14, Jil Clark, “King Axes Women's Commission”, in Gay Community News, page 6

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
  9. Proto-Italic*termn̥
  10. Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
  11. Latinterminus
  12. Latinconterminus
  13. Englishcoterminous
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  15. Proto-Germanic*līką
  16. Englishcoterminously

From coterminous + -ly.

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APA

coterminously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coterminously

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“coterminously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coterminously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coterminously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coterminously.

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