Where does “utilitaire” come from?
utilitaire (French) comes from French utilité, from Latin ūtilitas, from Latin ūtilis, 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.
utilitaire (French): useful, usable; utilitarian
Definitions
- useful, usable; utilitarian
Ancestry of “utilitaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | utilité | usefulness, use; use, purpose; bit part |
| 2 | Latin | ūtilitas | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūtilis | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |