Where does “abi” come from?
abi (Haitian Creole) comes from French habit, 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.
abi (Haitian Creole): clothes
Ancestry of “abi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | habit | article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening... |
| 2 | Old French | habit | Alternative form of abit |
| 3 | Latin | habitus | retained, maintained, having been maintained;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |