Where does “habitat” come from?
habitat (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin habitatus, from Latin habitāre, from Latin habeō, from Proto-Italic habēō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰh₁bʰ- — to grab, to take; to grab, take.
habitat (Norwegian Nynorsk): a habitat
Ancestry of “habitat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | habitatus | resided, inhabited, having been inhabited |
| 2 | Latin | habitāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | habeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | habēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰh₁bʰ- | to grab, to take; to grab, take |