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Where does “impuberal” come from?

impuberal (English) comes from Latin impubes, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impuberal (English): Immature; not having come to puberty

Definitions

  1. Immature; not having come to puberty

Ancestry of “impuberal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpubesyouthful; beardless; celibate, chaste
2Latinîn—
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →