Morpheme
Ute
Type
bound base
Denotation
use, employ, consume, engage, utilize, exploit
Etymology
Latin ūtī
Evidence
utility, utilize, utilized, utilizes, utilizing, utilization utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilitarians, unutilized
Modern Base Analysis
<Utilite> denoting “utility”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -itarian
from utility, from Latin ūtilitās, from ūtilis + -tās, from ūtī + -ilis
utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilitarians
