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Where does “maturer” come from?

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

maturer (French): To mature

Definitions

  1. To mature

Ancestry of “maturer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maturer”

  • surmaturé
  • maturé
  • matura
  • maturément
  • maturité
  • mature
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