Where does “middlescence” come from?
middlescence (English) comes from English adolescence, from Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolescentia, from Latin adolescens, from Latin adolescere — present active infinitive of adolēscō.
middlescence (English): The period or condition of middle age, especially...
Definitions
- The period or condition of middle age, especially...
Ancestry of “middlescence”, step by step
middlescence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adolescence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adolescence | The transitional period of physical and... |
| 2 | Middle English | adolescence | — |
| 3 | Old French | adolescence | adolescence |
| 4 | Latin | adolescentia | nominative neuter plural of adolēscēns;... |
| 5 | Latin | adolescens | growing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting |
| 6 | Latin | adolescere | present active infinitive of adolēscō |
via English middle age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | middle age | the period of life between youth and old age;... |