futility
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless.
- (countable) Something, especially an act, that is futile.
- (uncountable) Unimportance.
Etymology
Suffix from English futile root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (pour, libate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰew-
Gloss
pour, libate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- futile English
- futilely English
- futileness English
- futilitarian English
- diffūsus Latin
- futilis Latin
- fūtilis Latin
- οὐλοχύται Ancient Greek
- χοάνη Ancient Greek
- χοῦς Ancient Greek
- χυδαῖος Ancient Greek
- χυλός Ancient Greek
- χυμεία Ancient Greek
- χυμός Ancient Greek
- χόανος Ancient Greek
- χύτλον Ancient Greek
- χῡμός Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰu-téy-s, *ǵʰéw-tis Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰutós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰéwyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *geutaną Proto-Germanic
- *gustiz Proto-Germanic
- alkymist Norwegian Nynorsk
- godlīċ Old English
- ingot Middle English
- *zъvati Proto-Slavic
- *ȷ́ʰaw- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́ʰáwtram Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *anćuwan Proto-Iranian
- ku- Tocharian B
- *geusi Gaulish
- ku- Tocharian A
- *jawar- Proto-Armenian