Where does “utilisation” come from?
Utilisation comes from French utilisation, derived from the verb utiliser meaning "to make use of," itself from Medieval Latin utilisare based on Latin utilis meaning "useful."
utilisation (English): The act of using something; The manner in which...
Definitions
- The act of using something; The manner in which...
Ancestry of “utilisation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | utilisation | purpose, use, utilisation |
| 2 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 3 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 4 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |