[ kəʊ'i:v(ə)l ]
■ adjective having the same age or date of origin; contemporary.
■ noun a person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary.
Derivatives
~ity noun
~ly adverb
Origin
C17: from late L. coaevus , from co- 'jointly, in common' + L. aevum 'age'.