Where does “adult relations” come from?
adult relations (English) comes from English relations, from English relation, from Middle English relacion, from Old French relacion, from Latin relātiō, from Latin referō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
adult relations (English): activity
Definitions
- activity
Ancestry of “adult relations”, step by step
adult relations traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English relations
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | relations | plural of relation |
| 2 | English | relation | The manner in which two things may be associated;... |
| 3 | Middle English | relacion | — |
| 4 | Old French | relacion | — |
| 5 | Latin | relātiō | carrying or bringing back |
| 6 | Latin | referō | to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English adult
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adult | A fully grown human or animal; A person who has... |
| 2 | French | adulte | adult |
| 3 | Latin | adultus | magnified or piled up with for sacrifice; burned,... |
| 4 | Latin | adolesco | I grow up, become an adult; I mature; I increase... |
| 5 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |