Where does “júnior” come from?

júnior (Spanish) comes from Latin iūnior, from Latin iuvenior, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō — young.

júnior (Spanish): junior, novice

Definitions

  1. junior, novice

Ancestry of “júnior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniūnior—
2Latiniuvenioryounger, more youthful
3Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
4Proto-Italic*juwōyoung
Every word from Proto-Italic *juwō →Every word from Latin iuvenis →Every word from Latin iuvenior →
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