Etymology of the English word behaviour
the English word
behaviourderived from the English word
behaveusing the English prefix
be-derived from the English word
havenderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khafnazderived from the Old Norse word
höfnDate
The earliest known usage of behaviour in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
