## Meanings
1. Something you do often and almost without thinking.
2. Something you do regularly as part of your normal life.
3. A strong need to keep doing something harmful, such as taking a drug.
4. A long, loose piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

## Examples
- Biting your nails is a bad habit.
- It's become a habit of mine to read before bed.
- He is trying hard to kick the smoking habit.
- The nun wore a plain black habit.

## Derived Forms
- habit-forming

## Related Forms
- exhibit
- habitant
- habitat
- habitation
- habitual
- habituate
- habitus
- inhabit
- inhibit
- prohibit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰeh₁bʰ-
- Root: habit
- Root: habitus

## Etymology
From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw, wuna, and ġewuna.

## AI Etymology
Habit comes from Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw, wuna, and ġewuna. The historical line also includes *gʰeh₁bʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “Something you do often and almost without thinking” and “Something you do regularly as part of your normal life”.

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- Describing Qualities
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