different between havior vs savior

English

Etymology

From Middle English havour, a corruption of Old French aveir, avoir (“a having”), of same origin as English aver (“a workhorse”). The h is due to confusion with have.

Noun

havior

1. (obsolete) behaviour; demeanor

English

Alternative forms

• saviour (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1300. From Middle English saviour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salv?tor, from salvo. Displaced native Old English h?lend.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?se?vj?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?se?vj?/
• Rhymes: -e?vj?(?)

Noun

savior (plural saviors) (American spelling)

1. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
2. (medicine) A child who is born to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)

Derived terms

• saviouress
• saviourhood
• saviourship

Related terms

• El Salvador
• Salvador
• Salvatore

Translations

See also

• Savior, Saviour

Anagrams

• Arviso, varios

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sa?.u?i.or/, [?s?ä?u?i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sa.vi.or/, [?s??vi?r]

Verb

s?vior (present infinitive s?vi?r?, perfect active s?vi?tus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. Alternative form of su?vior

Conjugation

References

• savior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers