Etymograph

English

adult baby

From adult + baby.

A compound of adult + baby

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow’

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Latin olēscō ‘to grow’

Latin adolescō ‘to grow up’

Latin adultus ‘grown up’

French adulte

English adult

Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-

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Proto-West Germanic *babō

Old English *baba ‘a male child’

Middle English babe ‘babe’

Middle English baby

English baby

The story

Popularized 1980s, largely replacing infantilist outside psychology.

Today it means

noun An adult person who enjoys role-playing a regression to an infant-like state and acting like a baby or toddler, as through wearing diapers, engaging in babylike activities, babbling, etc., generally for sexual gratification.

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

Etymograph / adult baby