Where does “subadulthood” come from?
subadulthood (English) comes from English adulthood, from English adult, from French adulte, from Latin adultus, from Latin adolesco, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
subadulthood (English): The condition of being subadult
Definitions
- The condition of being subadult
Ancestry of “subadulthood”, step by step
subadulthood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adulthood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adulthood | The state or condition of a human being once it... |
| 2 | English | adult | A fully grown human or animal; A person who has... |
| 3 | French | adulte | adult |
| 4 | Latin | adultus | magnified or piled up with for sacrifice; burned,... |
| 5 | Latin | adolesco | I grow up, become an adult; I mature; I increase... |
| 6 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |