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adolto

/aˈdolto/ · noun

Meaning

  1. adult, grownup

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléyeti Proto-Italic *oleō Latin *oleō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -sco Latin olēscō Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adulteder. ▲ Latin adultusbor. Italian adultoder. ▲ French adultebor. English adultder. Esperanto adolto From French adulte, Italian adulto, English adult, all from Latin adultus. The "u" was changed to "o" to avoid homonymy with the root of adulti.

  1. adultus(Latin)
  2. adult(English)
  3. adulto(Italian)
  4. adulte(French)
  5. adolto (Esperanto)
  6. Relations: der, der, der, der

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