Where does “inutil” come from?
inutil (Tagalog) comes from Spanish inútil, from Latin inūtilis, from Latin ūtilis, 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.
inutil (Tagalog): useless; good-for-nothing; impotent; sterile;...
Definitions
- useless; good-for-nothing; impotent; sterile;...
Ancestry of “inutil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | inútil | useless; pointless; a useless, hopeless person;... |
| 2 | Latin | inūtilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūtilis | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |