Where does “jovent” come from?

jovent (Old French) comes from Latin iuventus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

jovent (Old French): youth (state of being young)

Definitions

  1. youth (state of being young)

Ancestry of “jovent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniuventusyouth
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin iuventus →