Where does “jeune” come from?
jeune (French) comes from Middle French jeune, from Old French juene, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō — young.
jeune (French): young; youth, a young person
Definitions
- young; youth, a young person
Ancestry of “jeune”, step by step
jeune traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French jeune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | jeune | Alternative form of ieune |
| 2 | Old French | juene | young; young person |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *iŏvenem | — |
| 4 | Latin | iuvenem | accusative masculine singular of iuvenis;... |
| 5 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | young |
via Old French jeun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | jeun | fasting |
| 2 | Latin | iēiūnus | fasting, abstinent, hungry |
| 3 | Latin | iaiūnus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | jagjūnos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- | to sacrifice |