habilitas Latin · revision 8539

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la habeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [haˈbɪ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈbiː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''habilitās''' ''f'' (genitive habilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[habilis]] “handy, apt” with the suffix [[-tās]], from [[habeō]] “to have, hold”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero speaks of ''habilitātēs reliquī corporis'' “the aptitudes of the rest of the body”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant aptitude, ability.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for physical fitness or suitability.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''abilità'' and Spanish ''habilidad'', and through Old French ''ableté'' it gave [[en|ability]] in the late 14th century, “capacity to do or act”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * late 14th century – English ''ability'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Aptitude]], [[m|en|ability]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Fitness.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[habilis]]

+ * [[habeō]]

+ * [[en|ability]]

+ * [[en|able]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}