Where does “enhabit” come from?
enhabit (English) comes from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabito, from Latin habitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
enhabit (English): Obsolete form of inhabit
Definitions
- Obsolete form of inhabit
Ancestry of “enhabit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | enhabiter | to inhabit; to live in; to reside in |
| 2 | Latin | inhabito | I dwell in, occupy or inhabit; I wear |
| 3 | Latin | habitō | to reside, inhabit, remain, dwell, live |
| 4 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |