noun · neuter
usitilium
*usitilium n
Meaning
- Proto Italo Western Romanceneuterreconstructiontool
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | /oseˈteʎʎu/ | /oseˈteʎʎa/ |
Origins
Modification of Classical ūtēnsilia, evidently reshaped after ūsō (“use”, verb), but the reason for the change in the initial vowel remains unclear.
Italo-Romance
- Italianstiglio
- Calabriastigliufrom Sicilian stigghiu
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchoutilfrom Old French ostille
- Gasconostilye
- Gasconustilye
North Italian
- Lombardodesèll
- Lombardusadei
- Lombardosadei
- Lombardosdei
- Lombardusadegli
- Old Ligurianuxele
In English words that came into English from usitilium
- hustlement*usitilium