Where does “juve” come from?

juve (English) comes from English juvenile, from Latin iuvenīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

juve (English): A child actor

Definitions

  1. A child actor

Ancestry of “juve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjuvenileYoung; not fully developed; Characteristic of...
2Latiniuvenīlisyouthful, juvenile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →