Etymology

habitant

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Today it means: A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies. Full definition →

French habitant
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habitant · noun1

  1. French · borrowed fromhabitant
  2. English todayhabitant

From French habitant.

habitant · noun2

  1. Middle French · derived fromhabitant
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhabytaunt
  3. English todayhabitant

From Middle English habytaunt, from Middle French habitant. By surface analysis, habit (“to inhabit”) + -ant.

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