junior
/ˈdʒuːnjə/JOON-yur
/ˈdʒunjɚ/JOON-yur
Meaningyounger
Common meaning: younger
Other meanings: lower in rank
- junyouthful; a youthLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1008 · scan
- iorcomparative ending: more
Journey through time
- Latiniuvenis, -is‘youthful’
- Englishjunior‘younger’ · today
jun also in: juvenilerejuvenate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin iuvenis ‘youthful; a youth’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry iuvenis, p. 1008 · dictionary scan
Roots
- iuvenis, -is Latin “youthful; a youth”
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