Etymology

dishabituate

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Today it means: To respond (to a stimulus) with dishabituation. Full definition →

English habituate ← Middle English habituate ← Latin habituō, habituātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
  12. Proto-Italic*haβēō
  13. Latinhabeō
  14. Latinhabitus
  15. Latinhabituō, habituātus
  16. Middle Englishhabituate
  17. Englishhabituate
  18. English todaydishabituate

From dis- or habituate.

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