Where does “habitant” come from?

Habitant comes from Old French habitant, meaning an inhabitant or resident.

habitant (English): a member of "habitation" colony at Stadacona...

Definitions

  1. a member of "habitation" colony at Stadacona...

Ancestry of “habitant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhabitantpresent participle of habiter; An inhabitant of...
2FrenchhabiterTo live in, to occupy; To live
3Middle Frenchhabiterto live
4Latinhabitōto reside, inhabit, remain, dwell, live
5Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō