Etymology

adulticide

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Today it means: A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae. Full definition →

English adult ← French adulte ← Latin adultu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂oléyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*oleō
  8. Latin*oleō
  9. Latinolēscō
  10. Latinadolēscō
  11. Latinadultu
  12. Frenchadulte
  13. Englishadult
  14. English todayadulticide

From adult + -icide.

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