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Where does “fútil” come from?

fútil (Portuguese) comes from Latin futilis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

fútil (Portuguese): futile, useless; unimportant, frivolous

Definitions

  1. futile, useless; unimportant, frivolous

Ancestry of “fútil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfutilisthat easily pours out; that can not contain,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour
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