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Habitability

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hab⋅it⋅a⋅ble

[hab-i-tuh-buhl]
–adjective
capable of being inhabited.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME habitābilis, equiv. to habitā(re) to inhabit (see habitat ) + -bilis -ble; r. ME abitable < MF


hab⋅it⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, hab⋅it⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
hab⋅it⋅a⋅bly, adverb
hab·it·a·ble   (hāb'ĭ-tə-bəl)   
adj.  Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable: habitable land.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin habitābilis, from habitāre, to dwell, frequentative of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
hab'it·a·bil'i·ty n., hab'it·a·bly adv.

Habitability

Hab"it*a*bil"i*ty\, n. Habitableness.
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