Where does “habit” come from?

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

habit (Old French): Alternative form of abit

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of abit

Ancestry of “habit”, 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

Words derived from “habit”

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