juvenile

A juvenile female (adjective sense 1) – a young w:Aka peopleAka girl – from the Central African Republic

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis ("youthful; juvenile"), from iuvenis + -īlis. Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- ("young"), from *h₂óyu (from *h₂ey-) + *h₁én.

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