habitus
Meaninga way of holding oneself
Common meaning: a person's typical bodily build or disposition
- habitto have, hold; to keepLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 833 · scan
- usLatin noun ending
Journey through time
- Latinhabeō, habuī, habitum‘to have, hold’
- Frenchhabit
- Englishhabitus‘a person's typical bodily build or disposition’ · today
habit also in: habitathabitableexhibition
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin habeō ‘to have, hold; to keep’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry habeō, p. 833 · dictionary scan
Roots
- habeō, habuī, habitum Latin “to have, hold; to keep”
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