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
- Young; not fully developed; Characteristic of...
Ancestry of “juvenile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | iuvenīlis | — |
| 2 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “juvenile”