Where does “behavior” come from?
Behavior comes from Middle English behavoure, whose ultimate origin and meaning are unknown.
behavior (English): Human conduct relative to social norms; The way a...
Definitions
- Human conduct relative to social norms; The way a...
Ancestry of “behavior”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | behavoure | — |
Words derived from “behavior”
- behavioral
- misbehavior
- behaviorism
- behaviorally
- behaviorist
- neurobehavioral
- behavioristic
- biobehavioral
- behavioralist
- nonbehavioral
- neobehaviorism
- psychobehavioral
- neurobehavior
- neobehaviorist
- behavioristically
- interbehavioral
- postbehavioral
- neurobehaviorally
- behavioreme
- behaviorwise
- eigenbehavior
- interbehavior
- macrobehavior
- malbehavior