usus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- use, employment, exercise, advantage
- practice
- experience, discipline, skill
- habit, usage, custom
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *oissos affix from Latin ūtor (use, employ, manage, control, spend, avail).
Origin
Latin
ūtor
Gloss
use, employ, manage, control, spend, avail
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
- use English
- abutor Latin
- coutor Latin
- deutor Latin
- usāre, uso Latin
- utilis Latin
- ūsus Latin
- ūtor Latin
- disusare Italian
- usabile Italian
- usanza Italian
- usare Italian
- desusado Spanish, Castilian
- reusar Spanish, Castilian
- usable Spanish, Castilian
- usar Spanish, Castilian
- usar Portuguese
- user Old French
- usable Catalan, Valencian
- usar Catalan, Valencian
- usar Galician
- uz Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- husar, usar Old Portuguese
- *oissos Proto-Italic
- usar Asturian
- usari Sicilian
- ausà Neapolitan