Etymology

adultlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of an adult Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English adult
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The story

  1. Latinadolēscō
  2. Latinadultu
  3. Frenchadulte
  4. Englishadult
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. English todayadultlike

From adult + -like.

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