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Where does “giovna” come from?

giovna (Romansch) comes from Romansch gioven, from Latin iuvenem, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.

giovna (Romansch): young; girl, youth, young woman

Definitions

  1. young; girl, youth, young woman

Ancestry of “giovna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanschgiovenyoung; boy, youth, young man
2Latiniuvenemaccusative masculine singular of iuvenis;...
3Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
4Proto-Italic*juwō—
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