| 【young】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "geong." It carries the basic meaning of "young." from PIE *yeu- "vital force, youthful vigor" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "young"]
young ****[159] A young person, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature.
youngster **[3766] Young people, especially children, are sometimes referred to as youngsters.
youth ****[2072] Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
[WORD ROOT]root young
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] you, young, youth
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) geong
[MEANING]root young
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 geong young
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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young ★★★★[159] adjective from young
【DEFINITION】 A young person, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; young < younger < youngest
【SYNONYM】 youthful
【ANTONYM】 old
【ROOTs】 young; young
【Etymology】 《Old English geong》 young
【First Known Meaning】 youthful, young; recent, new, fresh
【DERIVATIVEs】 young, youngish, youngling, youngness, youngster, youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness, youthless
youngster ★★[3766] noun from young
【DEFINITION】 Young people, especially children, are sometimes referred to as youngsters.
【pl.】 youngsters
【COMPOSITION】 young + ster
【ROOTs】 ⑴ young; young ⑵ ster; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English geong》 young
【DERIVATIVEs】 young, youngish, youngling, youngness, youngster, youth, youthful
youth ★★★★[2072] noun from youth 〈 young
【DEFINITION】 Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
【pl.】 youths
【ROOTs】 ⑴ you(young); young ⑵ th; suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English geong》 young
【First Known Meaning】 youth; young people, junior warriors; young of cattle
【DERIVATIVEs】 young, youngish, youngling, youngness, youngster, youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness, youthless
Other words containing "young"; youngish, youngling, youngness, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness, youthless
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
write
work
wise
win
will
wild
wide
who
while
where
