adult的词源

英文词源

adult (adj.)

1530s (but not common until mid-17c.), from Latin adultus "grown up, mature, adult, ripe," past participle of adolescere "grow up, mature" (see adolescent). As a euphemism for "pornographic," it dates to 1958 and does no honor to the word.

adult (n.)

"adult person," 1650s, from adult (adj.).

中文词源

adult：成年人

前缀ad-, 去，往。词根ol, 成长. -t,过去分词后缀。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：adult 词源，adult 含义。

adult：成年人的，已成熟的 

来源于拉丁语动词adolescere(生长)的过去分词adultus(长大的)。

词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + ult长大的