Where does “adulting” come from?
adulting (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.
adulting (English): Engaging in activities typically associated with...
Definitions
- Engaging in activities typically associated with...
Ancestry of “adulting”, step by step
adulting 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 ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |