usual

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃eyt-“to take along, fetch”
2. Latin · derived fromūsuālis“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”
3. Old French · derived fromusuel
4. Middle English · inherited fromusual
5. English todayusual

From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- (“to take along, fetch”). Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċ.