Etymology

behappen

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Today it means: To happen to, to befall. Full definition →

Middle English behappenen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombehappenen
  2. English todaybehappen

From Middle English behappenen, equivalent to be- + happen, analogous to befall.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.