futo
Chuukese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 封筒 (fūtō).
Noun edit
futo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian фут (fut), itself a borrowing of English foot, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fōts. Compare German Fuß, Yiddish פֿוס (fus).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
futo (accusative singular futon, plural futoj, accusative plural futojn)
- foot (unit of measure equal to 12 inches)
Related terms edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
futo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Apparent back-formation from confuto (“to refute, confound”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.to/, [ˈfuːt̪ɔ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.to/, [ˈfuːt̪o]
Verb edit
fūtō (present infinitive fūtāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to argue
Conjugation edit
References edit
- futo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- futo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dictionary of Medieval Latin in British Sources