Where does “juvenile” come from?

Juvenile comes from Latin iuvenilis, formed with the suffix -ilis from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂yuh₁en-, meaning young or vigorous.

juvenile (English): Young; not fully developed; Characteristic of...

Definitions

  1. Young; not fully developed; Characteristic of...

Ancestry of “juvenile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniuvenīlisyouthful, juvenile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “juvenile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin iuvenīlis →