Where does “adolescent” come from?

adolescent (Dutch) comes from French adolescent, from Latin adolescens, from Latin adolescere — present active infinitive of adolēscō.

adolescent (Dutch): adolescent

Definitions

  1. adolescent

Ancestry of “adolescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadolescentadolescent
2Latinadolescensgrowing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting
3Latinadolescerepresent active infinitive of adolēscō

Words derived from “adolescent”

Every word from Latin adolescere →Every word from Latin adolescens →Every word from French adolescent →