Where does “maturability” come from?
maturability (English) comes from English maturable, from English mature, from Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Celtic matus, from Czech -mat, from Czech automat — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
maturability (English): The state of being maturable, or the quality of being able to mature
Definitions
- The state of being maturable, or the quality of being able to mature
Ancestry of “maturability”, step by step
maturability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maturable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maturable | capable of maturing |
| 2 | English | mature | Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical... |
| 3 | Middle English | mature | mature ripe |
| 4 | Middle French | mature | — |
| 5 | Latin | mātūrus | mature, full-grown |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | matus | — |
| 7 | Czech | -mat | — |
| 8 | Czech | automat | automaton; vending machine, automat |
| 9 | German | automat | automaton, machine |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |