Where does “matura” come from?
matura (French) comes from French maturer, from Latin maturo, from Latin maturus, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- — good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp.
matura (French): third-person singular past historic of maturer
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of maturer
Ancestry of “matura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | maturer | To mature |
| 2 | Latin | maturo | I ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; I mature,... |
| 3 | Latin | maturus | mature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂- | good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp |