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Where does “envy-free” come from?

envy-free (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.

envy-free (English): Such that every partner feels that his/her...

Definitions

  1. Such that every partner feels that his/her...

Ancestry of “envy-free”, 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

Words derived from “envy-free”

  • envyfree
  • envyfreeness
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