Usage
/ˈjuːsɪdʒ/noun
The way something is used or the customary practice of using it.
Did you know?“Usage” comes from Latin *usus* (“use, practice, experience”), from *uti* (“to use”), and its historical family also gave English *usury*, which originally meant interest charged for the use of money.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁euh₂-
“to enjoy, make use of”
Latin
Latin
uti
“to use, employ”
Latin
Latin
usus
“use, practice, experience”
Old French
Old French
usage
“custom, habitual practice”
Middle English
English
usage
“customary use or practice”
Modern English
English
usage
“the way something is used or the customary practice of using it”