Where does “adolescente” come from?

adolescente (Galician) comes from Latin adolescens, from Latin adolescere — present active infinitive of adolēscō.

adolescente (Galician): adolescent, teenage

Definitions

  1. adolescent, teenage

Ancestry of “adolescente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadolescensgrowing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting
2Latinadolescerepresent active infinitive of adolēscō
Every word from Latin adolescere →Every word from Latin adolescens →
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