Etymology

adultness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being an adult. Full definition →

English adult ← French adulte ← Latin adultu
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  1. Latinadolēscō
  2. Latinadultu
  3. Frenchadulte
  4. Englishadult
  5. English todayadultness

From adult + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.