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

  1. third-person singular past historic of maturer

Ancestry of “matura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmaturerTo mature
2LatinmaturoI ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; I mature,...
3Latinmaturusmature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂-good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- →Every word from Latin maturus →Every word from Latin maturo →