Where does “juvenil” come from?

juvenil (Romanian) comes from French juvénile, from Latin iuvenīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

juvenil (Romanian): juvenile; teenage

Definitions

  1. juvenile; teenage

Ancestry of “juvenil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjuvénileyouthful; young
2Latiniuvenīlisyouthful, juvenile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin iuvenīlis →