How much sleep do you really need? Experts generally recommend seven to nine hours a night for healthy adults. Sleep scientists say new guidelines are needed to take into account an abundance of recent research in the field and to reflect that Americans are on average sleeping less than they did in the past.
Word Origin and History for habitat Expand. n. 1762, as a technical term in Latin texts on English flora and fauna, literally it inhabits, third person singular present indicative of habitare to live, dwell, frequentative of habere to have, to hold, possess (see habit (n.)).
Word Root of NATIVE. The Latin word nÄscÄ«, meaning â to be born, â and its form nÄtus give us the roots nat and nai. Words from the Latin nÄscÄ« have something to do with being born. When someone is nat ive to a particular place, she or he was born there. A nat ion, or country, is a place where people are born.he Latin word nÄscÄ«, meaning â to be born, â and its form nÄtus give us the roots nat and nai. Words from the Latin nÄscÄ« have something to do with being born. When someone is nat ive to a particular place, she or he was born there. A nat ion, or country, is a place where people are born.