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