Where does “enviableness” come from?
enviableness (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.
enviableness (English): enviability
Definitions
- enviability
Ancestry of “enviableness”, step by step
enviableness 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |