Where does “behaven” come from?
behaven (Middle English) comes from Old English behabban, from Proto-Germanic *bihabbjan.
Ancestry of “behaven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | behabban | to surround or embrace something; to hold or... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *bihabbjan | — |
Words derived from “behaven”
- behaviour
- behave
- behavioural
- behaviorist
- misbehaviour
- behaviourism
- behaviourist
- behaviourally
- behavioristic
- neurobehavioural
- behaviouralism
- behaviouralist
- behaveth
- biobehavioural
- behaver
- neobehaviorist
- behavioristically
- behavest
- neurobehaviour
- psychobehavioural
- sociobehavioural
- interbehavioural
- neobehaviourism
- neobehaviourist