inhabitant
/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/ · noun
Meaning
- Someone or thing who lives in a place.
- A possible value for a type.
- resident
Etymology / origin
From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.
- *ghabh-(ine-pro)→
- inhabitāns(la)→
- inhabitant(Old French)→
- inhabitantes(enm)→
- inhabitant (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der
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