Etymology

haviour

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Today it means: Demeanour, behaviour, comportment. Full definition →

Middle English havour ← Anglo-Norman aveyr ← Old French aveir
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromaveir
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromaveyr
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhavour
  4. English todayhaviour

From Middle English havour, from Anglo-Norman aveyr, Old French aveir.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhavour all →

'havior

Old Frenchaveir all →

avoirdupois'havior

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.