From Latin habitus ( “ habit ” ) , from habeō ( “ have; maintain ” ) . The plural habiti is a misconstruction, as the Latin plural is in fact habitūs . habiti may have been influenced by Latin habitī , the plural of the participle habitus ; however, it is not the etymon of the English term.
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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization- habitusLatin · n6922
habitus adj. with comp. Source etymology: P. of habeo , disposed, inclined : ut patrem tuom vidi esse habitum, T.— Well kept, fleshy, corpulent : (virgo) habitior, T.
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habitus ūs, m Source etymology: HAB- , a condition, state, plight, habit, deportment, appearance, presence, mien : vir optimo habitu: corporis opimi: mediocris: oris et voltūs: habitūs corporum varii, Ta.: signa virginal
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habitus
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Borrowed from Latin habitus ( “ habit ” ) , a noun based on habeō ( “ have; maintain ” ) .
Internationalism (see English habitus ), ultimately from Latin habitus .
Internationalism , borrowed from Dutch habitus , from Latin habitus .
Perfect passive participle of habeō ( “ have ” ) .
From habeō ( “ to have ” ) + -tus ( noun formation suffix ) .
Learned borrowing from Latin habitus .
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