Where does “habiter” come from?

habiter (Middle French) comes 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.

habiter (Middle French): to live

Definitions

  1. to live

Ancestry of “habiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhabitōto reside, inhabit, remain, dwell, live
2Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “habiter”

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