Where does “teenager” come from?

Teenager derives from English age plus the suffix -teen, which comes from Old French -er, Latin -are, and ultimately Latin aevum meaning "lifetime" or "age."

teenager (English): A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an...

Definitions

  1. A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an...

Ancestry of “teenager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteenageBrushwood for fences and hedges; Of or relating...
2EnglishageThe whole duration of a being, whether animal,...
3Middle EnglishageThe age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is
4Old Frenchaageage
5Vulgar Latinaetaticumage
6Latinaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan
7Latinaevitās
8Proto-Italicaiwotātsage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyu-vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

Words derived from “teenager

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