Where does “habit” come from?

Habit comes from Middle English habit, from Latin habitus meaning "condition or dress," derived from Latin habeo meaning "to have or hold," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰeh₁bʰ-.

habit (English): An action performed on a regular basis; An action...

Definitions

  1. An action performed on a regular basis; An action...

Ancestry of “habit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhabit—
2Latinhabitusretained, maintained, having been maintained;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “habit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin habitus →