Kilo Lingo

/juːθ/

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Translation

The time when a person is young, or a young person.

Word origin

From Old English geoguth, from the same root as young.

Origin
Old English
Root
geoguth
English cognates
young

Grammar

Gender
Pluralyouths

Examples

runner .

Here "youth" means the time when he was young.

.

Here it means young people as a group.

sixteen .

One young person can also be called a youth.

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This word is part of lesson 39.