Etymograph

English

enhabit

Enhabit comes from Old French enhabiter ‘to inhabit’, and goes back to Latin habitō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabitō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhabito‘to dwell in, occupy or inhabit’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enhabiter‘to inhabit’
  4. Englishtodayenhabit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabitō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhabito‘to dwell in, occupy or inhabit’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enhabiter‘to inhabit’
  4. Englishtodayenhabit

Linked words

through Latin habitō

habitat, habitable, 4 more

through Latin inhabito ‘to dwell in, occupy or inhabit’

inhabitant

through Old French enhabiter ‘to inhabit’

inhabit

Today it means

verb —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin habitō / enhabit