Where does “maladroitness” come from?
maladroitness (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.
maladroitness (English): The condition of being maladroit
Definitions
- The condition of being maladroit
Ancestry of “maladroitness”, 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 |