When Does Cohabit Mean?

1 : to live together as or as if a married couple They cohabited in a small apartment. 2a : to live together or in company buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows — Biol.

What do cohabitate mean?

: to live or exist together or in company : cohabit Pairs who cohabitate without marrying report even higher levels of happiness and self-esteem than do those who wed before shacking up … —

Which is correct cohabit or cohabitate?

They both derive from Latin “cohabitare”. Cohabitate is a later formation. cohabit (v.): "to dwell together," specifically "to dwell together as husband and wife," 1530s, a back-formation from cohabitation (q.v.) or else from Late Latin cohabitare.