英语词汇adolescent的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	adolescent
词源	adolescent [LME] Both adolescent and adult [M16th] come from Latin adolescere, ‘to grow to maturity’. The root of the Latin word is alescere ‘to grow up’, which in turn derives from alere ‘to nourish or give food to’, so the idea of coming to maturity is closely related to the idea of feeding yourself up. See also alimony.
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