Where does “youngster” come from?

Youngster comes from English young plus the agentive suffix -ster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic jungaz and Proto-Indo-European h₂yuh₁en-.

youngster (English): A young person

Definitions

  1. A young person

Ancestry of “youngster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-sterSomeone who is, or who is associated with, or who...
2Middle English-esterester, -ress
3Old English-estrefemale agent suffix, especially denoting one who...
4Proto-West Germanic*-astrijāress
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā →