inhabityoudaoicibaDictYouDict
inhabit: see habit
inhabit (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c., from Old French enhabiter "dwell in" (12c.), from Latin inhabitare "to dwell in," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + habitare "to dwell," frequentative of habere "hold, have" (see habit (n.)). Related: Inhabited; inhabiting.
inhabitable (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
a word used in two opposite senses: "not habitable" (late 14c., from in- (1) "not" + habitable) and "capable of being inhabited" (c. 1600, from inhabit + -able).
inhabitant (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., from Anglo-French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitantem (nominative inhabitans), present participle of inhabitare (see inhabit). Related: Inhabitants. As an adjective, also from early 15c.
uninhabitable (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + inhabitable.
uninhabited (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1570s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of inhabit (v.).