Coeval


[koh-ee-vuh l] /koʊˈi vəl/

adjective
1.
of the same age, date, or duration; equally old:
Analysis has proved that this manuscript is coeval with that one.
2.
coincident:
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were only approximately coeval.
noun
3.
a contemporary:
He is more serious than his coevals.
/kəʊˈiːvəl/
adjective
1.
of or belonging to the same age or generation
noun
2.
a contemporary
adj.

“having the same age,” formed in English early 17c. from Late Latin coaevus, from Latin com- “equal” (see co-) + aevum “an age” (see eon). As a noun from c.1600.

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