LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst/second-declension participle

adultus

adultus (feminine adulta, neuter adultum)

Meaning

  1. participlegrown-up, matured, adult

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ădultus, a, um, P. a., from adolesco.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadultus

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 adultus Perfect participle of adolēscō.

Descendants
  • Frenchadulte
  • Italianadulto
  • Spanishadulto
  • Romagnoladùlt

In English words that came into English from adultus

  • adultadultus

Quick answers

What does adultus mean in Latin?
adultus, a verb, means “grown-up, matured, adult”.
What are the principal parts of adultus?
adultus, adulta, adultum (first/second-declension participle).
Where does adultus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin adultus.