Etymology

futility

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Today it means: The quality of being futile or useless. Full definition →

Latin fūtilitās
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfūtilitās“worthlessness, futility”
  2. English todayfutility

From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.

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