habitable

(hab′it ə bəl)

adjective

that can be inhabited; fit to be lived in

Origin: ME < OFr < L habitabilis < habitare, to have possession of, inhabit: see habit & -able

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adjective

Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable: habitable land.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin habitābilis

Origin: , from habitāre, to dwell

Origin: , frequentative of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots

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