Where does “utilitet” come from?

utilitet (Old French) comes from Latin utilitas, from Latin utilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

utilitet (Old French): utility; usefulness

Definitions

  1. utility; usefulness

Ancestry of “utilitet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinutilitasusefulness, utility; expediency; advantage
2Latinutilisuseful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable,...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin utilis
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