habit

(Anglès)

Freqüència

B2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈhæbɪt/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw.

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