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Where does “habitant” come from?

habitant (French) comes from French habiter, from Middle French habiter, from Latin habitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

habitant (French): present participle of habiter; An inhabitant of...

Definitions

  1. present participle of habiter; An inhabitant of...

Ancestry of “habitant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchhabiterTo live in, to occupy; To live
2Middle Frenchhabiterto live
3Latinhabitō—
4Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →