Where does “adræt” come from?
adræt (Danish) comes from German adrett, from French adroit, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
adræt (Danish): agile, nimble
Definitions
- agile, nimble
Ancestry of “adræt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | adrett | neat, tidy |
| 2 | French | adroit | skilful, apt, skilled |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |