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Where does “noninhabitable” come from?

noninhabitable (English) comes from English inhabitable, from English inhabit, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabito, from Latin habitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

noninhabitable (English): Not inhabitable

Definitions

  1. Not inhabitable

Ancestry of “noninhabitable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinhabitableFit to live in; habitable; Not habitable; not...
2EnglishinhabitTo live or reside in; To be present in; to occupy
3Old Frenchenhabiterto inhabit; to live in; to reside in
4LatininhabitoI dwell in, occupy or inhabit; I wear
5Latinhabitō—
6Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
7Latin-tō—
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus—
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →