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Where does “habitudo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “habitudo”, step by step

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