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Where does “giovenile” come from?

giovenile (Italian) comes from Latin iuvenilem, from Latin iuvenilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

giovenile (Italian): Obsolete form of giovanile

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of giovanile

Ancestry of “giovenile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniuvenilemaccusative masculine singular of iuvenīlis;...
2Latiniuvenilisyouthful, juvenile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “giovenile”

  • giovanilistico
  • giovanile
  • giovanilismo
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