Etymograph

English

utilize

Utilize comes from French utiliser ‘to use, to utilize’, and goes back to Italian utile ‘useful’.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentutile‘useful’
  2. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentutilizzare‘to use, make use of, utilize’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentutiliser‘to use, to utilize’
  4. Englishtodayutilize

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentutile‘useful’
  2. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentutilizzare‘to use, make use of, utilize’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentutiliser‘to use, to utilize’
  4. Englishtodayutilize

Linked words

through Latin ūtī ‘use’

use, usual, usury, 2 more

Today it means

verb US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilise.

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

Etymograph / Italian utile / utilize

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