Where does “senutile” come from?
senutile (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto senutila, from Esperanto utila, from English utile, from Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
senutile (Esperanto): uselessly, ineffectively
Definitions
- uselessly, ineffectively
Ancestry of “senutile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | senutila | useless |
| 2 | Esperanto | utila | useful |
| 3 | English | utile | Useful; A theoretical unit of measure of utility,... |
| 4 | Middle French | utile | useful |
| 5 | Old French | utele | — |
| 6 | Latin | ūtilis | useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful |
| 7 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |