Where does “misbehaviour” come from?
Misbehaviour comes from English misbehave, formed by the prefix mis- added to behave, which derives from Proto-Indo-European mey-.
misbehaviour (English): Alternative spelling of misbehavior
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of misbehavior
Ancestry of “misbehaviour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | behaviour | The way a living creature behaves or acts; The... |
| 2 | English | -iour | Suffix added to verbs to form nouns; Alternative... |
| 3 | English | -our | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 5 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 6 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |