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Where does “adultophile” come from?

adultophile (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.

adultophile (English): A teleiophile

Definitions

  1. A teleiophile

Ancestry of “adultophile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadultA fully grown human or animal; A person who has...
2Frenchadulteadult
3Latinadultusmagnified or piled up with for sacrifice; burned,...
4LatinadolescoI grow up, become an adult; I mature; I increase...
5Latinadoleō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →