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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.
Pronunciation
Adjective
iūnior (neuter iūnius); third declension
- comparative degree of iuvenis
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Descendants
References
- “iunior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iunior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)