Where does “giovanotto” come from?

giovanotto (Italian) comes from Italian giovane, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō — young.

giovanotto (Italian): Diminutive of giovane: young man

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of giovane: young man

Ancestry of “giovanotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangiovaneyoung; youthful; a youth
2Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
3Proto-Italic*juwōyoung
Every word from Proto-Italic *juwō →Every word from Latin iuvenis →Every word from Italian giovane →