habit
/ˈhæb.ɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- An action performed on a regular basis.
- An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- An addiction.
- To clothe.
- To inhabit.
- A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
- A piece of clothing worn for a specific activity; a uniform.
- Outward appearance; attire; dress.
- Form of growth or general appearance and structure of a plant or crystal.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw, wuna, and ġewuna.
- þēaw(ang)→
- abit(Old French)→
- abit(Middle English)→
- habitus(Latin)→
- habit(enm)→
- *gʰeh₁bʰ-(ine-pro)→
- habit (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- gift(English) (cog)
- gabh(Irish) (cog)
- habitar(Spanish) (cog)
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