Where does “unavariciously” come from?
unavariciously (English) comes from English unavaricious, from English avaricious, from Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from Old French avarice, from Latin avāritia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unavariciously (English): Without avarice
Definitions
- Without avarice
Ancestry of “unavariciously”, step by step
unavariciously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unavaricious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unavaricious | Not avaricious |
| 2 | English | avaricious | Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth... |
| 3 | Middle English | avaricious | — |
| 4 | Old French | avaricieux | avaricious; miserly; stingy |
| 5 | Old French | avarice | greed; avarice |
| 6 | Latin | avāritia | A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity |
| 7 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 8 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |