Where does “adolescent” come from?

adolescent (Middle English) comes from Latin adolescentem, from Latin adolescens, from Latin adolescere — present active infinitive of adolēscō.

Ancestry of “adolescent”, step by step

adolescent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin adolescentem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadolescentemaccusative masculine singular of adolēscēns;...
2Latinadolescensgrowing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting
3Latinadolescerepresent active infinitive of adolēscō

via Middle French adolescent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchadolescent—

Words derived from “adolescent”

Every word from Latin adolescere →Every word from Latin adolescens →Every word from Latin adolescentem →