English
juvenescent
Juvenescent comes from Latin juvenescens.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjuvenescens
- Englishtodayjuvenescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjuvenescens
- Englishtodayjuvenescent
Equivalent to juvenile + -escent
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force, life, age, eternity’
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō ‘young’
Proto-Italic *juwō ‘young’
Latin iuvenis ‘young’
Latin iuvenīlis ‘youthful’
English juvenile
Every English word from Latin juvenescens
Today it means
adj Especially of one's mind or spirit, becoming juvenile or young.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin juvenescens / juvenescent