Where does “mătură” come from?
mătură (Romanian) comes from Italian maturare, from Latin maturo, from Latin maturus, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- — good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp.
mătură (Romanian): broom
Definitions
- broom
Ancestry of “mătură”, step by step
mătură traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian maturare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | maturare | to ripen, reap; to mature; to accrue |
| 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 |
via Undetermined metula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | metula | — |