English
adultify
From adult + -ify, likely a back-formation from adultification.
Formed from adult + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow’
…
Latin olēscō ‘to grow’
Latin adolescō ‘to grow up’
Latin adultus ‘grown up’
French adulte
English adult
Today it means
verb To treat a non-adult like an adult.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / adultify