English

hyperadult

From hyper- + adult.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

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

adj Having excessively or inappropriately adult characteristics.

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

Etymograph / hyperadult