inhabitant
/ɪnˈhæbətənt/in-HA-buh-tuhnt
/ɪnˈhæbətənt/in-HA-buh-tuhnt
Meaningone dwelling in
Common meaning: a person or animal living in a place
- inin, intoSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 293 · scan
- habitto have, hold; to keepLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 833 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
‘in, into’ + ‘to have, hold’ → inhabitant
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
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from inhabit + -ant.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HABITANT, p.250 · scan
Roots
- habeō, habuī, habitum Latin “to have, hold; to keep”
- inhabitare Latin “to dwell in”
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