young

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   In an early part of life; not old.

   The young children played games in the park.

2. 2
   adj

   In an early stage of existence or development; new.

   The space-travel industry is still young.

3. 3
   noun

   Young people thought of as a group.

   This kind of music appeals mainly to the young.

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Simplified etymology

Young is an Old English word from an ancient root also represented by youth and Latin juvenis, “young.” The same Latin family later supplied English juvenile and rejuvenate.

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (…

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