future
Middle English
/fiu̯ˈtiu̯r/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) A future action or doing; that which happens in the future.
- (rare) The future; the time beyond the present.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French futur derived from Latin futūrus (about to be).
Origin
Latin
futūrus
Gloss
about to be
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- albeit English
- be English
- bein English
- cyberfuture English
- futurable English
- futural English
- future English
- future shock English
- future-proof English
- futured English
- futurefic English
- futureless English
- futurely English
- futureness English
- futurepop English
- futurescape English
- futureward English
- futurewards English
- futureworld English
- futurey English
- futurism English
- futurist English
- futuristic English
- futurition English
- futurity English
- futurization English
- futurize English
- futurology English
- nonfuture English
- retrofuture English
- telefuture English
- unfutured English
- futūrus Latin
- futuro Italian
- futur French
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- futuro Portuguese
- bēon Old English
- ġebēon Old English
- been Middle English
- beende Middle English
- beinge Middle English
- bist Middle English
- beinn Old Norse
- futur Old French
- futuru Sicilian