Where does “juvenal” come from?
juvenal (English) comes from Latin iuvenalis, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.
juvenal (English): Of a young bird, that has its first flying...
Definitions
- Of a young bird, that has its first flying...
Ancestry of “juvenal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | iuvenalis | youthful |
| 2 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | — |