habitual

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
3. Proto-Italic*haβēō
4. Latinhabeō
5. Latinhabitus
6. Middle Englishhabit
7. Englishhabit
8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
10. English todayhabitual

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English habitual (“of one's inherent disposition”), from Medieval Latin habituālis (“customary; habitual”), from Latin habitus (“character; disposition; habit; physical or emotional condition; attire, dress”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as habit + -ual. Habitus is derived from habeō (“to have; to hold; to own; to possess”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). The noun is derived from the adjective.

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