co-current
|co-cur-rent|
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/ˌkoʊˈkɝːənt/
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/ˌkəʊˈkʌrənt/
happening together
Etymology
'co-current' originates from Latin elements: the prefix 'co-' (from Latin 'com-') meaning 'together' combined with the root of 'current' traced to Latin 'currere' meaning 'to run'.
'concurrent' comes from Latin 'concurrere' ('con-' + 'currere' meaning 'to run together'), passed into Old French and then Middle English as 'concurrent'. The hyphenated formation 'co-current' is a modern English compound that explicitly uses the prefix 'co-' + 'current' to emphasize joint/simultaneous action.
Initially the root sense was 'to run together' (literal running together); over time this developed into the abstract sense 'to occur together' or 'happen at the same time', which is the modern meaning.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
happening or existing at the same time; simultaneous.
The lab ran co-current experiments to compare the two techniques.
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Adjective 2
acting or occurring together in cooperation; operating at the same time toward a common result.
Several co-current processes were used to speed up production.
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Last updated: 2025/09/28 02:31