Habituate
/həˈbɪtʃu.eɪt/noun
To make someone or something accustomed to a situation or practice.
Did you know?Habituate comes from Latin *habituare*, built on *habitus* (“condition, appearance, dress”), from *habere* (“to have, hold”), the same ancient root behind words of possession, holding, and being held.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰabʰ-
“to seize, hold”
Latin
Latin
habēre
“to have, hold, possess”
Latin
Latin
habitus
“state, condition, appearance; a way of being or bearing”
Late Latin
Latin
habituāre
“to accustom, make customary”
Middle French
Old French
habituer
“to accustom, habituate”
16th Century
English
habituate
“to make accustomed; to become accustomed”