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Chambers 1908 etymology disagrees with ours[edit]
They say: "formed, according to Dr Murray, in 15th century from be- and have; apparently unconnected with A.S. [= Anglo-Saxon, i.e. Old English] behabban". Whether Dr Murray was right I do not personally know. Equinox ◑ 05:18, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
-behaved (in adjectives): behaving in the way mentioned well-/badly behaved children https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/behave?q=behaved
--Backinstadiums (talk) 11:59, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Done Now added at behaved. (No hyphen because it's not grammatically a suffix.) Equinox ◑ 13:23, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
