English → Latin
“premature” in Latin
praemātūruspremature, untimelypraecoxripe before its time; premature; precocious; untimelyimmātūrusimmature, unripe, untimely, prematureabortuspremature delivery, miscarriage, abortion; an unfinished piece
The English word premature itself goes back to Latin mātūrus, through praemātūrus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
premature
PROP., praematurus: praecox.
Figuratively, immaturus: praematurus: praecox: a premature death, mors immatura (Cic.); praematura (Plin.); decessio matura (Cic.): premature old age, canities praematura: a premature birth, abortus (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for premature?
- The usual Latin words for “premature” are praemātūrus, praecox, immātūrus; also abortus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.