英文词源
- habitat (n.)
- "area or region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives," 1762, originally a technical term in Latin texts on English flora and fauna, literally "it inhabits," third person singular present indicative of habitare "to live, dwell," frequentative of habere "to have, to hold, possess" (see habit (n.)). This was the Modern Latin word that began the part of the scientific description of a plant or animal species that told its locality. General sense of "dwelling place" is first attested 1854.
中文词源
词源同habitable,适宜居住的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：habitat 词源，habitat 含义。
来源于拉丁语动词habitare(居住)的过去分词habitatus词干(habitat)。
词根词缀： -habit-居住 + at
