Futile
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mid 16th century: from Latin futilis ‘leaky, futile’, apparently from fundere ‘pour’.
wiktionary
From Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis.
etymonline
futile (adj.)
"incapable of producing result," 1550s, from French futile or directly from Latin futilis, futtilis "vain, worthless, futile," a figurative use, literally "pouring out easily, easily emptied" (the Latin adjective used as a noun meant "a water vessel broad above and pointed below"), hence "leaky, unreliable," from fundere "to pour, melt," from nasalized form of PIE root *gheu- "to pour." Related: Futilely.
