Where does “jeunesse” come from?
jeunesse (French) comes from French jeune, from Middle French jeune, from Old French juene, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.
jeunesse (French): youth
Ancestry of “jeunesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | jeune | young; youth, a young person |
| 2 | Middle French | jeune | Alternative form of ieune |
| 3 | Old French | juene | young; young person |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *iŏvenem | — |
| 5 | Latin | iuvenem | accusative masculine singular of iuvenis;... |
| 6 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | — |