Etymology

habitation

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Today it means: The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Full definition →

Middle English habitacioun ← Old French habitacion ← Latin habitātiōnem
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habitation · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromhabitātiō
  2. Latin · derived fromhabitātiōnem
  3. Old French · derived fromhabitacion
  4. Middle English · inherited fromhabitacioun
  5. English todayhabitation

From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.

habitation · noun2

  1. Louisiana French · borrowed fromhabitation
  2. Louisiana French · borrowed fromhabitation
  3. English todayhabitation

Borrowed from Louisiana French habitation.

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