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inveterate (adj.)
late 14c., from Latin
inveteratus
"of long standing, chronic," past participle of
inveterare
"become old in," from
in-
"in, into" (see
in-
(2)) +
veterare
"to make old," from
vetus
(genitive
veteris
) "old" (see
veteran
).