Word Study
habitable
CIDE DICTIONARY
habitable, a. [F. habitable, L. habitabilis.].
Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
habitable, adj. that can be inhabited.
Derivative
habitability n. habitableness n. habitably adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L habitabilis (as HABITANT)
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