Where does “unenviability” come from?
unenviability (English) comes from English enviability, from English enviable, from English envy, from Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
unenviability (English): The quality of being unenviable
Definitions
- The quality of being unenviable
Ancestry of “unenviability”, step by step
unenviability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enviability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enviability | The state or condition of being enviable |
| 2 | English | enviable | Arousing or likely to arouse envy |
| 3 | English | envy | Resentful desire of something possessed by... |
| 4 | Middle English | envie | ill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite,... |
| 5 | Old French | envie | — |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |