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

Definitions

  1. to sweep

Ancestry of “mătura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăturăbroom
2Italianmaturareto ripen, reap; to mature; to accrue
3LatinmaturoI ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; I mature,...
4Latinmaturusmature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon
5Proto-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 →
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