use

use · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃eyt-der.?
2. Proto-Italic*oitōr
3. Latinūtor
4. Latinūsus
5. Old Frenchus
6. Middle Englishuse
7. English todayuse

Inherited from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ūtor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (see note) from Old English notu; Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt; as well as Old English fricu and Old English sidu.

use · verb²

1. Latinūtī
2. Early Medieval Latinūsō
3. Early Medieval Latinūsāre
4. Old Frenchuser
5. Middle Englishusen
6. English todayuse

Inherited from Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Medieval Latin usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Displaced native Middle English noten, nutten (“to use”) (from Old English notian, nēotan, nyttian) and Middle English brouken, bruken (“to use, enjoy”) (from Old English brūcan).

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