junior的词源

英文词源

junior (adj.)

late 13c., from Latin iunior, comparative of iuvenis "young, young man" (see young). Used after a person's name to mean "the younger of two" from late 13c. Abbreviation Jr. is attested from 1620s. Meaning "of lesser standing, more recent" is from 1766. That of "meant for younger people, of smaller size" is from 1860. Junior college first attested 1896; junior high school is from 1909. Junior miss "young teenage girl" is from 1907.

The junior high school is rapidly becoming the people's high school. The percentage of pupils completing the ninth year is constantly rising where junior high schools have been established. [Anne Laura McGregor, "Supervised Study in English for Junior High School Grades," New York, 1921]

junior (n.)

1520s, from junior (adj.).

中文词源

junior：小的，青少年的，本科三年级

来自拉丁语junior,小的，缩写自juvenior,年青的，来自iuvenis的比较级，词源同young,juvenile.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：junior 词源，junior 含义。

junior：年少的，较年幼的；资历较浅的，地位较低的

来源于拉丁语形容词juvenis(年轻的)的比较级junior。

词根词缀： jun年轻的 + -ior形容词词尾

junior：年少的；年少者

字母J十分年轻，最初是根据字母 i 派生而来的。Y做辅音时和J发音类似，二者有时可以通转，如junior（年少的）中的jun-对应于young（年轻的）中的youn。同源词juvenile（青少年的）。推荐喜剧电影《奇怪的她》，关于返老还童，欢乐且温馨。