Etymology

'havior

Today it means: behaviour; demeanor Full definition →

Middle English havour ← Old French aveir
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromaveir
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhavour
  3. English today'havior

From Middle English havour, a corruption of Old French aveir, avoir (“a having”), of same origin as English aver (“a workhorse”). The h is due to confusion with have.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhavour all →

haviour

Old Frenchaveir all →

haviouravoirdupois

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.