Where does “uzitare” come from?
uzitare (Romanian) comes from Romanian uzita, from Romanian uzitat, from French usité, from Latin usitatus, from Latin usitor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
uzitare (Romanian): use
Definitions
- use
Ancestry of “uzitare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | uzita | to use |
| 2 | Romanian | uzitat | customary |
| 3 | French | usité | in use; current; still used |
| 4 | Latin | usitatus | usual, wonted, customary, common, ordinary,... |
| 5 | Latin | usitor | I use habitually |
| 6 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |