juvenile
English
/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/, /ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/
adj
Definitions
- Young; not fully developed.
- Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (youthful, juvenile) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (young).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂yuh₁en-
Gloss
young
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antijuvenile English
- juvenilely English
- juvenileness English
- juvenilise English
- juvenility English
- juvenilization English
- juvenilize English
- juvenoid English
- juvey English
- nonjuvenile English
- rejuvenile English
- subjuvenile English
- iuvenem, juvenem Latin
- iuvenilitas Latin
- iuventūtem Latin
- iuvenīlis Latin
- juvenis, iuvenis Latin
- juvénile French
- juvenil Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yuh₁en- Proto-Indo-European
- juvenil Portuguese
- *jungaz Proto-Germanic
- *junъ Proto-Slavic
- juvenil Catalan, Valencian
- ҷавон Persian
- جوان Persian
- yuna Ido
- *juwenis Proto-Italic
- *jauˀnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *jauˀnás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ځوان Pashto, Pushto