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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

  1. The period or condition of middle age, especially...

Ancestry of “middlescence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadolescenceThe transitional period of physical and...
2Middle Englishadolescence—
3Old Frenchadolescenceadolescence
4Latinadolescentianominative neuter plural of adolēscēns;...
5Latinadolescensgrowing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting
6Latinadolescerepresent active infinitive of adolēscō
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