Where does “habitus” come from?
Habitus comes from Latin habitus, the past participle of habere meaning to have or hold, derived from Proto-Italic -tos and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -tós.
habitus (English): habitude; mode of life; bearing, general...
Definitions
- habitude; mode of life; bearing, general...
Ancestry of “habitus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | habitus | retained, maintained, having been maintained;... |
| 2 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |