Where does “maladroit” come from?
maladroit (English) comes from French maladroit, from French adroit, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
maladroit (English): Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept; Somebody who...
Definitions
- Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept; Somebody who...
Ancestry of “maladroit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | maladroit | awkward; clumsy; maladroit |
| 2 | French | adroit | skilful, apt, skilled |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |