puerilism
English
noun
Definitions
- (psychology) Childlike behavior by an adult, especially as indicating a mental disorder.
Etymology
Suffix from English puerile root from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂w-
Gloss
few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- orthopedics English
- paucality English
- pauperism English
- pauperize English
- pediatric English
- pediatrician English
- pedophobia English
- pony English
- poppet English
- puericulture English
- puerile English
- puerilely English
- puerileness English
- puerility English
- puerperal English
- puerperium English
- pullulation English
- pusillanimity English
- pusillanimous English
- paucalis Latin
- paucitas Latin
- paucus Latin
- paucī Latin
- pauper Latin
- pauper, pauperem Latin
- paupertās Latin
- pueritia Latin
- puerperium Latin
- puerīlis Latin
- pullulātus Latin
- pumilus Latin
- pupa Latin
- puppus Latin
- pupus Latin
- putus Latin
- pūpa Latin
- pūpillus Latin
- pūpus Latin
- putti Italian
- orthopédique French
- puéril French
- παιδαγωγία Ancient Greek
- παιδαγωγός Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστής Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστία Ancient Greek
- παιδοφῐ́λης Ancient Greek
- παύω Ancient Greek
- παῖς Ancient Greek
- φαῦλος Ancient Greek
- *peh₂u-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ukos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *polH- Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂uros Proto-Indo-European
- *pōlH- Proto-Indo-European
- *fawaz Proto-Germanic
- पोत Sanskrit
- पौत्र Sanskrit
- fylja Old Norse
- fæð Old Norse
- empoverir Old French
- poulet Old French
- փոքր Old Armenian
- puero Ido
- palo- Albanian
- *putrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *paukos Proto-Italic
- *put- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ grc-koi
- *pavo-pars Old Latin