English
habitance
Habitance comes from Old French habitance.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400habitance
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400habitance
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, (please specify the book): “What art thou , man , ( if man…”
Every English word from Old French habitance
Today it means
noun dwelling; abode; residence
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French habitance / habitance