Etymology

cohabit

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Today it means: To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married. Full definition →

Latin cohabitō
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  1. Latin · derived fromcohabitō
  2. English todaycohabit

From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“to dwell, to live in”).

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