Where does “usar” come from?
usar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese usar, from Latin usus, from Latin uti, from Latin utor, from Proto-Italic oitōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₃eyt- — to take along, fetch; to fetch.
usar (Galician): to use
Ancestry of “usar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | usar | — |
| 2 | Latin | usus | use, employment, exercise, advantage; practice;... |
| 3 | Latin | uti | Alternative form of ut; present active infinitive... |
| 4 | Latin | utor | I use, employ; I enjoy, take advantage of; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oitōr | use, employ |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃eyt- | to take along, fetch; to fetch |