Akkadian

maḫāru - to face, to approach, to accept (CAD M₁ 50, AHw. 577)

Derived words: maḫru ‘past, bygone time; before, in the presence, in front of’ (CAD M₁ 50, AHw. 585).

PS
*mḫr - to face (Kogan 2015: 194)