Etymology

puerility

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Today it means: The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile. Full definition →

Middle English puerilite ← Middle French puérilité ← Latin puerīlitās
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  1. Latin · derived frompuerīlitās
  2. Middle French · derived frompuérilité
  3. Middle English · inherited frompuerilite
  4. English todaypuerility

From Middle English puerilite, from Middle French puérilité and its etymon Latin puerīlitās, from puerīlis (“childish, juvenile”), from puer (“boy”). By surface analysis, puerile + -ity.

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