to live together or share a dwelling with someone else.
From co- (together) + inhabit (from Latin inhabitare, to dwell in). The prefix emphasizes the shared nature of the habitation.
Before 'cohabitation' became common, coinhabit was the formal word for what unmarried couples were doing—and it was scandalous enough in Victorian times that the word itself felt forbidden.
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