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Where does “ieuvencel” come from?

ieuvencel (Middle French) comes from Latin iuvenculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ieuvencel (Middle French): young man

Definitions

  1. young man

Ancestry of “ieuvencel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniuvenculusyoung
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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