Etymograph

English

adultism

From adult + -ism.

A compound of adult + -ism

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

Today it means

noun A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children or other younger people).

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

Etymograph / adultism