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