Etymology

adultism

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Today it means: A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children or other younger people). Full definition →

English adult ← French adulte ← Latin adultu
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The story

  1. Latinadolēscō
  2. Latinadultu
  3. Frenchadulte
  4. Englishadult
  5. English todayadultism

From adult + -ism.

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