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

  1. habitude; mode of life; bearing, general...

Ancestry of “habitus”, step by step

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