Etymology

haven't

Today it means: have not (negative form of have) Full definition →

English have ← Middle English haven ← Old English habban
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
  4. Old Englishhabban
  5. Middle Englishhaven
  6. Englishhave
  7. English todayhaven't

From have + -n't.

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