Etymograph

English

habitacle

Habitacle comes from Latin habitāculum ‘dwelling place’, and goes back to habitō ‘to reside, inhabit’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabitō‘to reside, inhabit’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabitāculum‘dwelling place’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600habitacle
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1537same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabitō‘to reside, inhabit’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabitāculum‘dwelling place’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600habitacle
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1537same form

Earliest quotation: 1537, The Institution of a Christian Man: “And I believe assuredly that this congregation, according as…”

Linked words

through Latin habitō ‘to reside, inhabit’

inhabit, 7 more

Today it means

noun A dwelling or habitation.

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

Etymograph / Latin habitō / habitacle

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