inhabitable

Etymology 1

inhabit + -able.

adj

  1. Fit to live in; habitable.
    It is more ſuitable to the wiſdom, power and greatneſs of God, to think that the fixt Stars are all of them Suns, with Syſtems of inhabitable Planets moving about them, to whoſe Inhabitants he diſplays the marks of his Goodneſs as well as to us[…] a. 1704, John Locke, “Elements of Natural Philosophy”, in A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Locke, London: J. Bettenham for R. Francklin, published 1710, pages 190–191

Etymology 2

From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitabilis (“uninhabitable”).

adj

  1. (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.

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