Where does “utilize” come from?
Utilize comes from French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, formed with the suffix -izzare from Latin utilis meaning "useful," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-.
utilize (English): Alternative spelling of utilise
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of utilise
Ancestry of “utilize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | utiliser | to use, to utilize |
| 2 | Italian | utilizzare | to use, make use of, utilize |
| 3 | Italian | -izzare | Added to adjectives and nouns to form verbs; -ize |
| 4 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “utilize”