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Where does “avie” come from?

avie (English) comes from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

avie (English): emulously

Definitions

  1. emulously

Ancestry of “avie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
2Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
3Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
4LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →