habituer French · revision 38576

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1330, Hugues Capet|origins=la habeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /a.bi.tɥe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''habituer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Middle French [[m|frm|abituer]] (1330), [[m|frm|habituer]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|habituor|t=to be in a certain condition, be provided with]], and in its modern sense the Medieval Latin [[m|la-med|habituō|t=to accustom]] (about 1290).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(FEW|4, 371b) The Latin verb is derived from [[m|la|habitus|t=condition, bearing]], from [[m|la|habeō|t=to have, hold]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) Bloch and Wartburg date the French verb to about 1320, first in the sense “to provide”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|habituar]], [[es|habituar]] and [[it|abituare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In ''Hugues Capet'' (1330) ''abituer'' means “to dress”: knights go to their lodgings to arm or ''habituer'' themselves.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)^(DHLF 1992) This sense, linked with [[habit]], lasted until the 15th century.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The past participle ''habitué'' “accustomed” is found in Oresme's translation of Aristotle's ''Ethics'' (1370–72).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) From 1475 the reflexive ''s'habituer'' meant “to settle in a place”, a sense in use in the classical period and still recorded by Littré, who notes that it was growing old.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) It gave ''prêtre habitué'', or ''habitué'' (1477), a priest attached to a parish without holding an office in it, now a historical term.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ The modern sense “to accustom”, taken from Medieval Latin, is recorded by Robert Estienne in 1549, both transitive and reflexive.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The participle used as a noun, ''un habitué'', a regular visitor of a place, dates from 1778.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1330 – ''Abituer'' “to dress” in ''Hugues Capet''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1370–72 – Oresme uses ''habitué'' “accustomed”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1475 – ''Soy habituer'' “to settle” in an ordinance of Louis XI.^(TLFi)

+ * 1477 – ''Habitué'', a priest attached to a parish.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1549 – Robert Estienne records the modern sense.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1778 – ''Habitué'', a regular visitor.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|accustom]] someone or something to something: ''habituer un chiot à la laisse''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # To train someone to act in a certain way: ''habituer quelqu'un à se lever tôt''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''S'habituer à'': to get [[m|en|used]] to something, become accustomed to it.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' ''S'habituer'': to [[m|en|settle]] in a place or a country.^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[réhabituer]]

+ * [[déshabituer]]

+ * [[habitué]]

+ * [[habituation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[habitude]]

+ * [[habituel]]

+ * [[habit]]

+ * [[la|habitus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The past participle is common as an adjective (''habitué à'' “used to”) and as a noun, ''un habitué, une habituée'', a regular at a café, a theatre or a shop.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}