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The basic sense of the root probably is "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking.</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/able" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of able " class="crossreference notranslate">able</a>; <a href="/word/avoirdupois" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of avoirdupois " class="crossreference notranslate">avoirdupois</a>; <a href="/word/binnacle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of binnacle " class="crossreference notranslate">binnacle</a>; <a href="/word/cohabit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cohabit " class="crossreference notranslate">cohabit</a>; <a href="/word/cohabitation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cohabitation " class="crossreference notranslate">cohabitation</a>; <a href="/word/debenture" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of debenture " class="crossreference notranslate">debenture</a>; <a href="/word/debit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of debit " class="crossreference notranslate">debit</a>; <a href="/word/debt" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of debt " class="crossreference notranslate">debt</a>; <a href="/word/dishabille" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dishabille " class="crossreference notranslate">dishabille</a>; <a href="/word/due" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of due " class="crossreference notranslate">due</a>; <a href="/word/duty" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of duty " class="crossreference notranslate">duty</a>; <a href="/word/endeavor" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of endeavor " class="crossreference notranslate">endeavor</a>; <a href="/word/exhibit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of exhibit " class="crossreference notranslate">exhibit</a>; <a href="/word/exhibition" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of exhibition " class="crossreference notranslate">exhibition</a>; <a href="/word/forgive" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of forgive " class="crossreference notranslate">forgive</a>; <a href="/word/gavel" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gavel " class="crossreference notranslate">gavel</a>; <a href="/word/gift" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gift " class="crossreference notranslate">gift</a>; <a href="/word/give" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of give " class="crossreference notranslate">give</a>; <a href="/word/habeas%20corpus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habeas corpus " class="crossreference notranslate">habeas corpus</a>; <a href="/word/habiliment" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habiliment " class="crossreference notranslate">habiliment</a>; <a href="/word/habit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habit " class="crossreference notranslate">habit</a>; <a href="/word/habitable" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitable " class="crossreference notranslate">habitable</a>; <a href="/word/habitant" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitant " class="crossreference notranslate">habitant</a>; <a href="/word/habitat" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitat " class="crossreference notranslate">habitat</a>; <a href="/word/habitation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitation " class="crossreference notranslate">habitation</a>; <a href="/word/habitual" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitual " class="crossreference notranslate">habitual</a>; <a href="/word/habituate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habituate " class="crossreference notranslate">habituate</a>; <a href="/word/habituation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habituation " class="crossreference notranslate">habituation</a>; <a href="/word/habitude" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitude " class="crossreference notranslate">habitude</a>; <a href="/word/habitue" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of habitue " class="crossreference notranslate">habitue</a>; <a href="/word/inhabit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of inhabit " class="crossreference notranslate">inhabit</a>; <a href="/word/inhibit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of inhibit " class="crossreference notranslate">inhibit</a>; <a href="/word/inhibition" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of inhibition " class="crossreference notranslate">inhibition</a>; <a href="/word/malady" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of malady " class="crossreference notranslate">malady</a>; <a href="/word/prebend" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prebend " class="crossreference notranslate">prebend</a>; <a href="/word/prohibit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prohibit " class="crossreference notranslate">prohibit</a>; <a href="/word/prohibition" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prohibition " class="crossreference notranslate">prohibition</a>; <a href="/word/provender" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of provender " class="crossreference notranslate">provender</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">gabhasti-</span> "hand, forearm;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">habere</span> "to have, hold, possess," <span class="foreign notranslate">habitus</span> "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress;" Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">gaibim</span> "I take, hold, I have," <span class="foreign notranslate">gabal</span> "act of taking;" Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">gabana</span> "armful," <span class="foreign notranslate">gabenti</span> "to remove;" Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">gabei</span> "riches;" Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">giefan</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">gefa</span> "to give."</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to *ghabh-">Entries linking to <i>*ghabh-</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of able" href="/word/able#etymonline_v_48">able<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"having sufficient power or means," early 14c., from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">(h)able</span> "capable; fitting, suitable; agile, nimble" (14c.), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">habilem</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">habilis</span> "easily handled, apt," verbal adjective from <span class="foreign notranslate">habere</span> "to hold" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*ghabh-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ghabh- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ghabh-</a> "to give or receive").</p> <p>"Easy to be held," hence "fit for a purpose." The silent <span class="foreign notranslate">h-</span> was dropped in English and resisted academic attempts to restore it 16c.-17c. (see <a href="/word/H" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of H " class="crossreference notranslate">H</a>), but some derivatives (such as <span class="foreign notranslate">habiliment</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">habilitate</span>) acquired it via French. <span class="foreign notranslate">Able seaman</span>, one able to do any sort of work required on a ship, may be the origin of this:</p> <blockquote> <span class="foreign notranslate">Able-whackets</span> - A popular sea-game with cards, in which the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief tightly twisted like a rope. Very popular with horny-fisted sailors. [Smyth, "Sailor's Word-Book," 1867] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of avoirdupois" href="/word/avoirdupois#etymonline_v_19009">avoirdupois<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1650s, misspelling (with French <span class="foreign notranslate">du</span> for <span class="foreign notranslate">de</span>) of Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">avoir-de-peise</span>, the Norman form of Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">avoir de pois</span> "goods of weight" (equivalent to Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">averia ponderis</span>), from <span class="foreign notranslate">aveir</span> "property, goods" (noun use of <span class="foreign notranslate">aveir</span> "have," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">habere</span>; from PIE root <a href="/word/*ghabh-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ghabh- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ghabh-</a> "to give or receive") + <span class="foreign notranslate">peis</span> "weight," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pensum</span>, neuter of <span class="foreign notranslate">pendere</span> "to hang, cause to hang; weigh; pay" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*%28s%29pen-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *(s)pen- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*(s)pen-</a> "to draw, stretch, spin").</p> <p>The oldest sense in English is "goods sold by weight" (early 14c.). It is attested from late 15c. as a system of weights in which 1 pound = 16 ounces; introduced into England from Bayonne, from late 15c. it was the standard system of weights used in England for all goods except precious metals, precious stones, and medicine.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of binnacle" href="/word/binnacle"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">binnacle</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of cohabit" href="/word/cohabit"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">cohabit</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of cohabitation" href="/word/cohabitation"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">cohabitation</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of debenture" href="/word/debenture"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">debenture</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of debit" href="/word/debit"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">debit</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of debt" href="/word/debt"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">debt</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of dishabille" href="/word/dishabille"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">dishabille</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of due" href="/word/due"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">due</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of duty" href="/word/duty"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">duty</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of endeavor" href="/word/endeavor"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">endeavor</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of exhibit" href="/word/exhibit"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">exhibit</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of exhibition" href="/word/exhibition"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">exhibition</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of forgive" href="/word/forgive"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">forgive</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of gavel" href="/word/gavel"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">gavel</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of gift" href="/word/gift"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">gift</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of give" href="/word/give"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">give</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of habeas corpus" href="/word/habeas%20corpus"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">habeas corpus</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of habiliment" href="/word/habiliment"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">habiliment</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/*ghabh-/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->42<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cohabitation" href="/word/cohabitation"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">cohabitation<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., cohabitacioun, "action or state of living together," from Old French cohabitacion "cohabitation; 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Probably from Flemish hankeren, related to Dutch hunkeren "to hanker, to long for," which is perhaps an intensive or frequentative of Middle Dutch hangen "to hang" (see hang (v.)). 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