Etymology

utile

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Today it means: Useful. Full definition →

Middle French utile ← Old French utele ← Latin ūtilis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromūtilis
  2. Old French · derived fromutele
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromutile
  4. English todayutile

From Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis.

Words from the same roots

Latinūtilis all →

utilizeutilise

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.