adolto
/aˈdolto/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- adultus(Latin)→
- adult(English)→
- adulto(Italian)→
- adulte(French)→
- adolto (Esperanto)
- Relations: der, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- adulto(Ido) (bor)
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