Where does “enviability” come from?
enviability (English) comes from English enviable, from English envy, from Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.
enviability (English): The state or condition of being enviable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being enviable
Ancestry of “enviability”, step by step
enviability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enviable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enviable | Arousing or likely to arouse envy |
| 2 | English | envy | Resentful desire of something possessed by... |
| 3 | Middle English | envie | ill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite,... |
| 4 | Old French | envie | — |
| 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 |