Where does “ieune” come from?

ieune (Middle French) comes from Old French juene, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō — young.

ieune (Middle French): young; youngster; young person

Definitions

  1. young; youngster; young person

Ancestry of “ieune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjueneyoung; young person
2Vulgar Latin*iŏvenem—
3Latiniuvenemaccusative masculine singular of iuvenis;...
4Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
5Proto-Italic*juwōyoung
Every word from Proto-Italic *juwō →Every word from Latin iuvenis →Every word from Latin iuvenem →