Where does “hábito” come from?

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

hábito (Portuguese): habit

Definitions

  1. habit

Ancestry of “hábito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseabito—
2Latinhabitusretained, maintained, having been maintained;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin habitus →