Where does “ctižádostivost” come from?
ctižádostivost (Czech) comes from Czech ctižádostivý, from Czech ctižádost, from Czech žádost, from Czech žádat, from Serbo-Croatian zadati, from Proto-Slavic žędati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gend-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.
ctižádostivost (Czech): ambitiousness
Ancestry of “ctižádostivost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | ctižádostivý | ambitious |
| 2 | Czech | ctižádost | ambition |
| 3 | Czech | žádost | request |
| 4 | Czech | žádat | to require; to request |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | zadati | to assign, give; to cause |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | žędati | to wish, to desire |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gend- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰedʰ- | to request, pray, ask for |