Etymograph

English

adepescent

Adepescent comes from Latin adeps ‘fat’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeps‘fat’
  2. Englishtodayadepescent

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeps‘fat’
  2. Englishtodayadepescent

Formed from -escent

Linked words

through Latin adeps ‘fat’

adipose, 4 more

Today it means

adj Becoming fatty.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin adeps / adepescent

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