Etymology

habituate

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Today it means: To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize. Full definition →

Middle English habituate ← Latin habituō, habituātus ← Proto-Italic *haβēō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*haβēō
  4. Latinhabeō
  5. Latinhabitus
  6. Latinhabituō, habituātus
  7. Middle Englishhabituate
  8. English todayhabituate

From Middle English habituat(e) (“physically established or present”) (borrowed from Late Latin habituātus, perfect passive participle of habituō (“to bring into a condition or habit of body”)). See -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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