Where does “user” come from?

user (Gallo) comes from Old French user, from Latin usare, from Latin utī — how.

user (Gallo): to boil down

Definitions

  1. to boil down

Ancestry of “user”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchuserto use; to employ; to make use of
2Latinusarepresent active infinitive of *ūsō
3Latinutīhow
Every word from Latin utī →Every word from Latin usare →Every word from Old French user →
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