quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- inhabit




- inhabit: see habit
- inhabit (v.)




- 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.)




- 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.)




- 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.)




- mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + inhabitable.
- uninhabited (adj.)




- 1570s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of inhabit (v.).