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Where does “maturant” come from?

maturant (English) comes from Latin maturans, from Latin maturo, from Latin maturus, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- — good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp.

maturant (English): A medicine or application which promotes...

Definitions

  1. A medicine or application which promotes...

Ancestry of “maturant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaturansripening, maturing, making ripe; hastening,...
2LatinmaturoI ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; I mature,...
3Latinmaturusmature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂-good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp
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