Where does “habit” come from?

habit (French) comes from Old French habit, from Latin habitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

habit (French): article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening...

Definitions

  1. article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening...

Ancestry of “habit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchhabitAlternative form of abit
2Latinhabitusretained, maintained, having been maintained;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “habit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin habitus →