Where does “adultcentrism” come from?
adultcentrism (English) comes from English adult, from French adulte, from Latin adultus, from Latin adolesco, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adultcentrism (English): The tendency to customarily view the adult...
Definitions
- The tendency to customarily view the adult...
Ancestry of “adultcentrism”, step by step
adultcentrism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English centrism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | centrism | Any moderate political philosophy that avoids... |
| 2 | English | centre | Alternative spelling of center |
| 3 | Middle English | center | — |
| 4 | Middle French | centre | — |
| 5 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |