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stripling (n.)
[stripling 词源字典]
"a youth," late 14c., of uncertain origin, possibly from
strip
(n.1) "long, narrow piece," on the notion of "one who is slender as a strip, whose figure is not yet filled out" +
-ling
.
[stripling etymology, stripling origin, 英语词源]