Where does “itil” come from?
itil (Haitian Creole) comes from French utile, from Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
itil (Haitian Creole): useful
Ancestry of “itil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | utile | useful |
| 2 | Middle French | utile | useful |
| 3 | Old French | utele | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūtilis | — |
| 5 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |