precocity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   unusually early development of intelligence, talent, or maturity

   Her musical precocity was evident when she began composing at the age of six.

From French precocite, from Latin praecox, 'ripening or developing early,' related to praecoquere, 'to ripen beforehand' (prae-, 'before,' + coquere, 'to cook or ripen'). The word shifted from early ripening to unusually early human development.

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