Where does “adultish” come from?
adultish (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.
adultish (English): Of or suitable for an adult; Behaving like an...
Definitions
- Of or suitable for an adult; Behaving like an...
Ancestry of “adultish”, step by step
adultish 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 ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |