Etymology Explorer › Galician

Where does “usuario” come from?

usuario (Galician) comes from Latin usuarius, 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.

usuario (Galician): user

Definitions

  1. user

Ancestry of “usuario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinusuariusThat which is used but not possessed; A person...
2Latinūsus—
3Latinūtor—
4Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъ—
5Proto-Slavictorъ—
6Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “usuario”

  • monousuario
  • multiusuario
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →