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English word contemporary comes from Latin con-, Latin temporarius (Temporal, temporary. Transitory.)
con- (Latin)
Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.
temporarius (Latin)
Temporal, temporary. Transitory.
contemporarius (Malayalam)
contemporary (English)
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.. Something existing at the same time. From the same time period, coexistent in time.. Modern, of the present age.. Relatively recent.