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Where does “envieth” come from?

envieth (English) comes from English envy, from Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

envieth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “envieth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenvyResentful desire of something possessed by...
2Middle Englishenvieill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite,...
3Old Frenchenvie—
4Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
5Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
6LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →