adolto

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléyeti

Proto-Italic *oleō

Latin *oleō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -sco

Latin olēscō

Latin adolēscō

Latin adultuslbor.

French adulteder.

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Latin adultusbor.

Italian adultoder.

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French adultebor.

English adultder.

Esperanto adolto

From French adulte, Italian adulto, English adult, all from Latin adultus.

The "u" was changed to "o" to avoid homonymy with the root of adulti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdolto/

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• Rhymes: -olto
• Syllabification: a‧dol‧to

Noun

adolto (accusative singular adolton, plural adoltoj, accusative plural adoltojn)

1. adult, grownup

Synonyms

• plenkreskulo

Related terms

• adolta (“adult (adjective)”)
• adolteco (“adulthood”)