Where does “inutile” come from?
inutile (English) comes from Middle French inutile, from Latin inūtilis, 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.
inutile (English): useless; unprofitable
Ancestry of “inutile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inutile | useless |
| 2 | Latin | inūtilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūtilis | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |