Where does “mature” come from?
mature (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese maturar, from Romanian mătură, from Italian maturare, from Latin maturo, from Latin maturus, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- — good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp.
mature (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
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- first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “mature”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | maturar | to mature |
| 2 | Romanian | mătură | broom |
| 3 | Italian | maturare | to ripen, reap; to mature; to accrue |
| 4 | Latin | maturo | I ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; I mature,... |
| 5 | Latin | maturus | mature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂- | good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp |