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futurus.

about to be, about to exist

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[fʊˈtuː.rʊs]Classical-Latin[fuˈtuː.rus]
  1. about to be, about to exist

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
  2. future

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
  3. future active participle of sum.

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · future · participle
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Kortlandt (1986:91) suggests that the short vowel in fu- (rather than long fū-) is more easily explained as descending not from *bʰuH- but from bʰHu- with regular laryngeal metathesis from bhuH-, per Werner Winter (1965:192). Cognate with English be, Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Sanskrit भवति (bhávati), Persian بودن (budan), Irish bí, among others. Also see be.

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