Where does “utility” come from?
Utility derives from French -ité, Latin -itas, Latin -ilis, and Latin ut through Proto-Indo-European -it-, tracing a suffix chain that built abstract nouns from the root meaning useful.
utility (English): The state or condition of being useful;...
Definitions
- The state or condition of being useful;...
Ancestry of “utility”, step by step
Words derived from “utility”