parley

Pronounced: PAR-lee, verb or noun

Notes: This is another word I thought I knew until I read the definition

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Yesterday’s word

The word coeval means “of the same age, antiquity, or duration”

Background

This word comes from Latin coaevus (of the same age), which is itself made up of co- (in or to the same degree) and aevum (age or lifetime). As a side note, aevum is also the source of longevity and primeval. Coeval is usually referred to things that have existed together for a long time – for example, the planets in our solar system, or it can refer to things that co-existed a long(ish) time ago: manuscripts can be described as “coeval”.

First usage

This word began to be used around 1600