Etymograph

English

futural

From future + -al.

A compound of future + -al

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to become’

Latin sum ‘to be’

Latin futūrus ‘about to be’

Old French futur

Middle English future ‘a future action or doing’

English future

Today it means

adj Of or relating to the future.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / futural