behove

Meaningbe necessary

Common meaning: be necessary or proper

behovebe necessarySkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 58 · scan

Journey through time

Old Englishbehōfian‘be necessary’source B&T
Middle Englishdihovensource
Englishbehove‘be necessary or proper’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English behōfian ‘be necessary’.

Roots

behōfian Old English “be necessary”

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