Where does “maladroitly” come from?
maladroitly (English) comes from English maladroit, from French maladroit, from French adroit, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
maladroitly (English): In a maladroit manner
Definitions
- In a maladroit manner
Ancestry of “maladroitly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maladroit | Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept; Somebody who... |
| 2 | French | maladroit | awkward; clumsy; maladroit |
| 3 | French | adroit | skilful, apt, skilled |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |