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habitus

Meaninga way of holding oneself

Common meaning: a person's typical bodily build or disposition

Journey through time

  1. Latinhabeō, habuī, habitum‘to have, hold’
  2. Frenchhabit
  3. Englishhabitus‘a person's typical bodily build or disposition’ · today

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

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