Where does “usure” come from?

usure (French) comes from Latin ūsūra, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

usure (French): usury; wear and tear, wear

Definitions

  1. usury; wear and tear, wear

Ancestry of “usure”, step by step

usure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ūsūra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūsūrause, enjoyment
2Latinūsususe, employment, exercise, advantage
3Latinūtorto use, make use of, employ
4Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъcroze
5Proto-Slavictorъpaddock, pen
6Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

via French user

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchuserto wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind...
2Old Frenchuserto use; to employ; to make use of
3Latinusarepresent active infinitive of *ūsō
4Latinutīhow

Words derived from “usure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terti →Every word from Proto-Slavic torъ →