Where does “neobehaviourist” come from?
neobehaviourist (English) comes from English behaviourist, from English behaviour, from English -iour, from English -our, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor.
neobehaviourist (English): Alternative form of neobehaviorist
Definitions
- Alternative form of neobehaviorist
Ancestry of “neobehaviourist”, step by step
neobehaviourist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English behaviourist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | behaviourist | Britain standard spelling of behaviorist |
| 2 | English | behaviour | The way a living creature behaves or acts; The... |
| 3 | English | -iour | Suffix added to verbs to form nouns; Alternative... |
| 4 | English | -our | — |
| 5 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 6 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 7 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English Neo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Neo | An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets |
| 2 | English | neo- | new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 4 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 5 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 7 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |