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Where does “habituate” come from?

habituate (Middle English) comes from Latin habituatus, from Latin habituare, from Latin habitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

habituate (Middle English): physically established or present

Definitions

  1. physically established or present

Ancestry of “habituate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhabituatus—
2Latinhabituareto bring into a condition or habit of body
3Latinhabitusretained, maintained, having been maintained;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “habituate”

  • habituate
  • dishabituate
  • habituative
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →