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Where does “utilitat” come from?

utilitat (Catalan) comes from Latin ūtilitas, from Latin ūtilis, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

utilitat (Catalan): utility; usefulness

Definitions

  1. utility; usefulness

Ancestry of “utilitat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūtilitas—
2Latinūtilis—
3Latinūtor—
4Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъ—
5Proto-Slavictorъ—
6Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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