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Where does “future” come from?

future (Middle English) comes from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

future (Middle English): A future action or doing; that which happens in...

Definitions

  1. A future action or doing; that which happens in...

Ancestry of “future”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfutur—
2Latinfutūrus—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “future”

  • future
  • futurity
  • futuristic
  • futurist
  • futurism
  • futural
  • futurology
  • futureless
  • futurelessness
  • futuristically
  • Afrofuturism
  • futurition
  • nonfuture
  • futureward
  • futurize
  • Afrofuturist
  • futurely
  • futureworld
  • cyberfuture
  • retrofuture
  • retrofuturistic
  • futurescape
  • futured
  • futurization
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