Etymology

subadult

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Today it means: Not yet adult. Full definition →

English adult ← French adulte ← Latin adultu
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Latinadolēscō
  5. Latinadultu
  6. Frenchadulte
  7. Englishadult
  8. English todaysubadult

From sub- + adult.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.