Where does haviour come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

haviour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete; Uncountable

"To Faery court she came, where many one Admyrd her goodly haueour […]"
"No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods and shapes of grief, That can denote me truly."
"Put thy ſelfe Into a hauiour of leſſe feare, ere wildneſſe Vanquiſh my ſtayder Senſes."

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

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