Where does “utile” come from?
Utile comes from Old French utile, from Latin utilis meaning "useful," derived from the root ut meaning "to use," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃eyt-.
utile (English): Useful; A theoretical unit of measure of utility,...
Definitions
- Useful; A theoretical unit of measure of utility,...
Ancestry of “utile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | utile | useful |
| 2 | Old French | utele | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūtilis | useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful |
| 4 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |