junulo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós

Proto-Germanic *yunhós

Proto-Germanic *jungaz

Proto-West Germanic *jung

Old High German jung

Middle High German junc

German jungder.

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō

Proto-Italic *juwō

Latin iuvenis

Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem

Old French juene

Middle French jeune

French jeuneder.

Esperanto juna

Russian -у́ля (-úlja)bor.?

Proto-Slavic *-uľa

Polish -ulabor.?

Esperanto -ulo

Esperanto junulo

From juna (“young”) + -ulo (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juˈnulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: ju‧nu‧lo
• Hyphenation: jun‧ulo

Noun

junulo (accusative singular junulon, plural junuloj, accusative plural junulojn)

1. youth (person), young person

Antonyms

• maljunulo (“old man”)

Hypernyms

• homo (“a human being”)

Hyponyms

• junulino (“young woman”)

Derived terms

• gejunuloj