Where does “usuriously” come from?
usuriously (English) comes from English usurious, from English usury, from Middle English usurie, from Old French usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from Latin ūsūra, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
usuriously (English): In a usurious way
Definitions
- In a usurious way
Ancestry of “usuriously”, step by step
usuriously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English usurious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | usurious | Of or pertaining to usury; Exorbitant |
| 2 | English | usury | An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any... |
| 3 | Middle English | usurie | To lend money in order to make interest; usury |
| 4 | Old French | usurie | — |
| 5 | Latin | ūsūria | — |
| 6 | Latin | ūsūra | use, enjoyment |
| 7 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 8 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |