behavior
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.
Proto-Germanic *habjaną
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan
Old English behabban
Middle English behaven
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *haβēō
Latin habeō
Old French avoirbor.
Middle English havour
Middle English behavoure
English behavior
From Middle English behavoure, behaver, from behaven (modern behave), morphologically equivalent to behave + -ior. The suffix was adopted in imitation of havour (modern haviour, havior), an etymologically unrelated word that was corrupted from Anglo‐Norman Anglo-Norman aveir and Old French Old French avoir (“property, wealth”) through false association with the native English verb have. The French term derives ultimately from Latin Latin habēre (“to have, hold”).
Compare Scots havings (“behavior”), from have (“to behave”). Replaced Old English ġebǣru.
Base: behave
Affixes: -ior
Inflected forms:
form: behaviors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: behaviour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: behavoure
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: behavier
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: behavor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: behavour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Human conduct relative to social norms.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
examples: Teachers will probably be on their best behaviour for your visit – but don't be upset if they don't even notice you; they've got enough going on.
gloss: The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
usually
gloss: A state of probation about one's conduct.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
uncountable
usually
examples: He was on his best behavior when her family visited.
gloss: An observable response produced by an organism.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
usually
gloss: The way a device or system operates.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
Synonyms: comportment
conduct
demeanor
deportment
Related words: behave
Derived words: behavioral
behavioralism
behavioralist
behavioral science
behavioreme
behaviorism
behaviorist
behavioristic
behaviormetric
behaviormetrics
behavior pattern
behaviorwise
body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
dialectical behavior therapy
disordered money behavior
eigenbehavior
health behavior
human behavior
ideal-seeking behavior
macrobehavior
misbehavior
neurobehavior
photobehavior
routine response behavior
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: gedrag
lang: Arabic
word: سُلُوك
roman: sulūk
lang: Bengali
word: আচরণ
roman: acoron
lang: Breton
word: emzalc'h
lang: Breton
word: doare d'ober
lang: Bulgarian
word: поведе́ние
roman: povedénie
lang: Catalan
word: comportament
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 行為 /行为
roman: xíngwéi
lang: Czech
word: chování
lang: Danish
word: opførsel
lang: Dutch
word: gedrag
lang: Dutch
word: gedragingen
lang: Finnish
word: käytös
lang: Finnish
word: käyttäytyminen
lang: French
word: comportement
lang: French
word: conduite
lang: German
word: Verhalten
lang: German
word: Betragen
lang: German
word: Benehmen
lang: German
word: Verhaltensweise
lang: German
word: Führung
lang: Greek
word: συμπεριφορά
roman: symperiforá
lang: Hebrew
word: הִתְנַהֲגוּת
roman: hitnahagút
lang: Hindi
word: आचरण
roman: ācraṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: működés
lang: Indonesian
word: tingkah laku
lang: Indonesian
word: perilaku
lang: Indonesian
word: sifat
lang: Indonesian
word: kebiasaan
lang: Irish
word: iompraíocht
lang: Italian
word: comportamento
lang: Italian
word: condotta
lang: Japanese
word: 振舞い
roman: furumai
lang: Japanese
word: 行儀
roman: gyōgi
lang: Japanese
word: 行動
roman: kōdō
lang: Japanese
word: 反応
roman: hannō
lang: Korean
word: 행동
roman: haengdong
lang: Maltese
word: mġiba
lang: Māori
word: whanonga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: oppførsel
lang: Polish
word: zachowanie
lang: Polish
word: postępowanie
lang: Polish
word: maniery
lang: Portuguese
word: comportamento
lang: Romanian
word: comportare
lang: Romanian
word: comportament
lang: Romanian
word: purtare
lang: Russian
word: поведе́ние
roman: povedénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dol a-mach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: giùlan
lang: Swahili
word: tabia
lang: Swedish
word: beteende
lang: Telugu
word: ప్రవర్తన
roman: pravartana
lang: Telugu
word: నడత
roman: naḍata
lang: Turkish
word: davranış