Etymograph

English

simultaneousness

From simultaneous + -ness.

A compound of simultaneous + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Latin simul ‘at the same time’

Latin simultās ‘a coming together, convergence or intersection’

Medieval Latin simultaneus ‘acting together’

English simultaneous

Today it means

noun The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneity.

Sources

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