Etymograph

English

usura

Usura comes from Latin ūsūra ‘use, enjoyment’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- ‘to take, fetch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃eyt-1‘to take, fetch’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oitōr1‘to use, employ’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūtor1‘to use, make use of, employ’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūsūra1‘use, enjoyment’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1577usura1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English usura
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1577, William Harrison: “In time past it was sors pro sorte –…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃eyt-Wiktionary, English usura‘to take, fetch’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oitōrWiktionary, English usura‘to use, employ’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūtorWiktionary, English usura‘to use, make use of, employ’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūsūraWiktionary, English usura‘use, enjoyment’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1577usuraWiktionary, English usura. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1577, William Harrison: “In time past it was sors pro sorte –…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- ‘to take, fetch’

usual, 6 more

through Latin ūtor ‘to use, make use of, employ’

use, useless, utilization, usable, utilisation, 6 more

through Latin ūsūra ‘use, enjoyment’

usury, 2 more

Today it means

noun Usury.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “usura”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- / usura

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