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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.

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*juwō—

Words derived from “ieune”

  • jeunesse
  • jeunet
  • jeune
  • jeunot
  • jeunisme
  • jeuniste
  • jeunement
  • rajeunir
  • maljuneco
  • junaĝo
  • juna
  • junulo
  • maljunulejo
  • juneco
  • junuliĉo
  • maljunulo
  • maljuniĝi
  • maljuna
  • junulino
  • jeune
  • jèn
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