Where does “youthsplain” come from?

youthsplain (English) comes from English youth, from Middle English youthe, from Old English ġeoguþ, from West Germanic juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic jugunþō.

youthsplain (English): To explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner

Definitions

  1. To explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner

Ancestry of “youthsplain”, step by step

youthsplain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English youth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyouthThe quality or state of being young; The part of...
2Middle EnglishyoutheYouth part of life following childhood
3Old Englishġeoguþthe state of being young; youth
4West Germanicjuwunþa—
5Proto-Germanicjugunþō—

via English splain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsplainAphetic form of explain; To condescendingly...
2English-splain2012 December 22, Bunnika, “For reblogging: No...

Words derived from “youthsplain”

Every word from Proto-Germanic jugunþō →