Today’s word: utility.
Utility first showed up in the late fourteenth century,
meaning “fact of being useful”. It comes from the Old French utilite, usefulness, and classical Latin utilitatem, which has varied meanings, like useful and beneficial.
Utilitatem comes from utilis, useful, and uti, use.
And I mean it super comes from use because the word use comes from uti, too.
TL;DR: Utilities are useful things.
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Omniglot
It all makes sense for once! :)
ReplyDeleteTasha
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All I can think of is utility food. Fills you up but it's not really good.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure; is this useful?
ReplyDeleteMakes sense to me. :)
ReplyDeleteA very utilitarian post. :P
ReplyDeleteAt least the etymology of this one makes sense!
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A to Z Co-Host S. L. Hennessy
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That at least makes sense!
ReplyDeleteAnother one that hasn't evolved all that much. I guess it was useful.
ReplyDeleteUtilities are definitely useful, let one break down and everybody complains!
ReplyDeleteThis one does make sense ;) I don't like when our utilities go out!
ReplyDeletebetty
This one makes a lot of sense. I'm useless without my utilities….
ReplyDeleteA frequently used word in science, technology and various kind of work (e.g. utility managment, SUV) I was quite surprised that it was such an old word >:)
ReplyDeleteCold As Heaven
Makes sense. It hasn't changed too much.
ReplyDeletePretty straightforward. Now I'm reminded of the pile of laundry in my utility room though.
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