Old English geogue "youth; young people, junior warriors; young of cattle," related to geong "young," from Proto-Germanic *jugunthi- (cognates: Old Saxon juguth, Old Frisian jogethe, Middle Dutch joghet, Dutch jeugd, Old High German jugund, German Jugend, Gothic junda "youth"), from suffixed form of PIE root *yeu- "vital force, youthful vigor" (see young (adj.)) + Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).
According to OED, the Proto-Germanic form apparently was altered from *juwunthiz by influence of its contrast, *dugunthiz "ability" (source of Old English dugue). In Middle English, the medial -g- became a yogh, which then disappeared.
They said that age was truth, and that the young Marred with wild hopes the peace of slavery [Shelley]
例文
1. Pragmatically，MTV 's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.
現実的に言えば、音楽テレビ網の生存は若者市場を広告主に売ることに依存している。
2.Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
先生たちは、青少年労働者は規律性が悪く、能力が低いとよく考えている。
3.I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.
南米で過ごした青少年時代が偏見を生んだと思います。
4.They are accused of organising and finaning an underground youth movement.
彼らは組織を組織し、地下青年運動を支援したと告発された。
5.A youth was inside the car，attempting to hot-wire it.