Etymology

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Today it means: Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived. Full definition →

Latin praemātūrus
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  1. Latin · derived frompraemātūrus
  2. English todaypremature

From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.

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