Where does “júnior” come from?
júnior (Spanish) comes from Latin iūnior, from Latin iuvenior, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.
júnior (Spanish): junior, novice
Ancestry of “júnior”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | iūnior | — |
| 2 | Latin | iuvenior | younger, more youthful |
| 3 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | — |