Where does “utilità” come from?

utilità (Italian) comes 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.

utilità (Italian): utility; advantage, profit

Definitions

  1. utility; advantage, profit

Ancestry of “utilità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūtilitasusefulness, utility
2Latinūtilisuseful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful
3Latinūtorto use, make use of, employ
4Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъcroze
5Proto-Slavictorъpaddock, pen
6Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “utilità”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terti →Every word from Proto-Slavic torъ →