Table 2.
Behavior words, defined and listed chronologically.
| Date of First Appearance | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Circa 1330 | Port | Bearing, deportment, or carriage, esp. dignified or stately bearing; demeanour or manner |
| Circa 1440 | Behave | To bear, comport, or conduct oneself; to act |
| 1474 | Deport | Behavior, bearing, deportment |
| 1475 | Misbehave | To behave badly or wrongly; to conduct oneself improperly |
| 1482 | Behaving | Conduct, behaviour |
| 1486 | Misbehaviour | Bad behavior, improper conduct |
| 1490 | Behaviour | Manner of conducting oneself in the external relations of life; demeanor, deportment, bearing, manners |
| 1588 | Comport | To bear, endure; to tolerate |
| 1589 | Behavioured | Conducted, mannered, behaved |
| 1590 | Comportance | Carriage, bearing, behaviour, manner of conducting oneself |
| 1595 | Deportation | The action of carrying over; forcible removable, especially into exile |
| 1597 | Misbehaved | Badly behaved |
| 1599 | Comportable | Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable, bearable |
| 1599 | Deportate | To carry or convey away |
| 1601 | Deportment | Manner of conducting oneself; conduct (of life); behavior |
| 1604 | Behaved | Conducted, mannered |
| 1605 | Comportment | Personal bearing, carriage, demeanor, deportment; behaviour, outward conduct, course of action |
| 1609 | Comportioner | One of a number who share together |
| 1611 | Deporture | Carriage, bearing, deportment |
| 1616 | Deportator | One who deports or transports |
| 1633 | Comportation | The action of bringing together or collecting |
| About 1734 | Incomportable | Not to be borne, intolerable, insupportable |
| 1891 | Deportable | Liable to, or punishable by, deportation |
| 1895 | Deportee | One who is or has been deported |
| 1913 | Behaviourism | A theory and method of psychological investigation based on the study and analysis of behaviour |
| About 1927 | Behavioural | Concerned with, or forming part of, behaviour |
| 1939 | Interbehaviour |