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Where does “mature” come from?

Mature comes from Middle French mature, from Latin maturus meaning "ripe" or "timely," derived from Proto-Indo-European meh₂-.

mature (English): Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical...

Definitions

  1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical...

Ancestry of “mature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmature—
2Middle Frenchmature—
3Latinmātūrus—
4Proto-Celticmatus—
5Czech-mat—
6Czechautomatautomaton; vending machine, automat
7Germanautomat—
8Ancient Greekαὐτόματον—
9Ancient Greekαὐτόματοςself-willed, unbidden; self-moving,...
10Ancient Greekμέμααto wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire
11Ancient Greekμέμοναto be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmemóneto think, to be mindful; to remember
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “mature”

  • maturity
  • maturing
  • maturely
  • overmature
  • maturase
  • postmaturity
  • hypermature
  • postmature
  • dysmaturity
  • dysmature
  • matureness
  • overmaturity
  • nonmature
  • maturish
  • maturable
  • matureth
  • nonmaturity
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