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.
jeune (French): young; youth, a young person
Definitions
- young; youth, a young person
Ancestry of “jeune”, step by step
| 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 | — |
Words derived from “jeune”