words wholly related
precocious & apricot
both derive from the latin word, præcox (early-ripe). a precocious child is said to be more mature than other children. an apricot is a fruit that ripens before other fruits.
worthy of note: is the path that the apricot took in getting to english through the circuitous waypoints of portugese (albricoque), arabic (al-burqūq) and greek (πραικόκιον).
even more worthy: is the elizabethan medical condition, ejaculatio præcox which meant, of course, premature ejaculation.
