The story
- Latin · derived fromiuvenem
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*iŏvenem
- Old French · derived fromjuene, juefne
- Latin · derived fromillum
- Old French · derived fromle
- Middle French · derived fromle
- Middle French · derived fromjeune
- French · borrowed fromLejeune
- English todayLejeune
Borrowed from French Lejeune, from le + jeune, inherited from Middle French jeune. From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, from ille. From Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.