English

habitat loss

habitat + loss

A compound of habitat + loss

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’

Latin habitō ‘to live or dwell’

Latin habitat ‘it dwells, lives’

Proto-Indo-European *lews- ‘to cut’

Proto-Germanic *lusą ‘dissolution’

Proto-West Germanic *los

Old English los ‘damage’

Middle English los

English loss

Today it means

noun Alteration of an environment so that a species or multiple species may no longer habitably live there.

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

Etymograph / habitat loss