YOUTH - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
the time of life between childhood and maturity
Categories: Time of life
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
Categories: Maturity, Matureness
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
an early period of development
Example: during the youth of the project
Categories: Time period, Period of time, Period
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Noun
the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
Categories: Youngness
Synonyms
Early days, Spring chicken, Youth, Youthfulness, Young
Antonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "youth" comes from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, which. It started in Old English ġeoguþ, which. Then it appeared in Middle English youthe. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Saterland Frisian: Juugd
- West Frisian: jeugd
- Dutch: jeugd
- German Low German: Jöögd
- German: Jugend
🧩 Fun Fact
This word has cousins in many languages because they all came from the same ancient word family!