Where does “avid” come from?

Avid comes from French avide, from Latin avidus, from Latin aveo, from Proto-Italic awēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew-.

avid (English): enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest...

Definitions

  1. enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest...

Ancestry of “avid”, step by step

avid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French avide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavideavid, eager, desirous; greedy, grasping
2LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—

via English avidity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavidityGreediness; strong appetite; Eagerness;...
2Middle Englishavidite—
3Old Frenchavidite—

Words derived from “avid”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →