Where does “inhabit” come from?
Inhabit comes from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare, combining the prefix in- with habitare, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to dwell."
inhabit (English): To live or reside in; To be present in; to occupy
Definitions
- To live or reside in; To be present in; to occupy
Ancestry of “inhabit”, step by step
inhabit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French enhabiter
| 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 |
via Latin inhabitare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inhabitare | present active infinitive of inhabitō;... |