Where does “user” come from?

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

user (Old French): to use; to employ; to make use of

Definitions

  1. to use; to employ; to make use of

Ancestry of “user”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinusarepresent active infinitive of *ūsō
2Latinutīhow

Words derived from “user

Every word from Latin utī