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Where does “rajeunir” come from?

rajeunir (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.

rajeunir (French): to rejuvenate; to make young; to take off

Definitions

  1. to rejuvenate; to make young; to take off

Ancestry of “rajeunir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjeuneyoung; youth, a young person
2Middle FrenchjeuneAlternative form of ieune
3Old Frenchjueneyoung; young person
4Vulgar Latin*iŏvenem—
5Latiniuvenemaccusative masculine singular of iuvenis;...
6Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
7Proto-Italic*juwō—
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