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Where does “juvenilization” come from?

juvenilization (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.

juvenilization (English): The act or process of juvenilizing; The...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of juvenilizing; The...

Ancestry of “juvenilization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjuvenileYoung; not fully developed; Characteristic of...
2Latiniuvenīlis—
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 →