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Where does “maturity” come from?

Maturity comes from Middle French maturité, from Latin maturitas, derived from maturus meaning ripe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meh₂-.

maturity (English): The state of being mature, ready or ripe; When...

Definitions

  1. The state of being mature, ready or ripe; When...

Ancestry of “maturity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmatureFully developed; grown up in terms of physical...
2Middle Englishmature—
3Middle Frenchmature—
4Latinmātūrus—
5Proto-Celticmatus—
6Czech-mat—
7Czechautomatautomaton; vending machine, automat
8Germanautomat—
9Ancient Greekαὐτόματον—
10Ancient Greekαὐτόματοςself-willed, unbidden; self-moving,...
11Ancient Greekμέμααto wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire
12Ancient Greekμέμοναto be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmemóneto think, to be mindful; to remember
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “maturity”

  • postmaturity
  • dysmaturity
  • overmaturity
  • nonmaturity
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