Reinhabited

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have returned to live in a location that was previously vacant
2. Began residing again in a dwelling or area that had been empty before
3. Started to occupy once more a former residence or location after a period of absence

Etymology: This is an inflected form, so it gets a brief note. "Reinhabited" is the past tense and past participle of "reinhabit," which combines the prefix "re-" (again) with "inhabit." The base verb "inhabit" came into English through Old French from Latin "inhabitare," meaning "to dwell in," built from "in-" (in) and "habitare" (to live or dwell). The prefix "re-" is itself a Latin element, so the whole form stacks two Latin layers: one meaning "back" or "again," the other "to live in a place."

Synonyms: repopulated, reoccupied