Where does “aval” come from?
aval (English) comes from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.
aval (English): A financial guarantee by a third party to assume...
Definitions
- A financial guarantee by a third party to assume...
Ancestry of “aval”, step by step
aval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French aval
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aval | downstream area, lower reaches; approval,... |
| 2 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 3 | English | avie | emulously |
| 4 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 5 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 6 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 7 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |