Futility
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mid 16th century: from Latin futilis ‘leaky, futile’, apparently from fundere ‘pour’.
wiktionary
futile + -ity
etymonline
futility (n.)
1620s, from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness, emptiness, vanity," from futilis "vain, worthless" (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827, n. and adj.); futilitarianism.
