demure
English
/dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈmjʊɹ/
adj
Definitions
- (usually) Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
- Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English demure derived from Old French meur derived from Latin maturus (early) root from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (good, mature, ripen, timely, opportune, hand, wet, ripern).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meh₂-
Gloss
good, mature, ripen, timely, opportune, hand, wet, ripern
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demurely English
- demureness English
- demurity English
- immature English
- matinee English
- matins English
- undemure English
- Matuta Latin
- immanis Latin
- mane Latin
- manis Latin
- mano Latin
- maturus Latin
- māne Latin
- mātūrus Latin
- mātūtīnus Latin
- praematurus Latin
- matinée French
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- μῶλος Ancient Greek
- *meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *maiz Proto-Germanic
- demure Middle English
- *majati Proto-Slavic
- *maniti Proto-Slavic
- *matorъ Proto-Slavic
- *māxàti Proto-Slavic
- meur Old French
- mator Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mëngjes Albanian
- *matis Proto-Celtic
- *manus Proto-Italic