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Where does “unenviableness” come from?

unenviableness (English) comes from English unenviable, from English enviable, from English envy, from Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.

unenviableness (English): The quality of being unenviable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being unenviable

Ancestry of “unenviableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunenviableDifficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be...
2EnglishenviableArousing or likely to arouse envy
3EnglishenvyResentful desire of something possessed by...
4Middle Englishenvieill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite,...
5Old Frenchenvie—
6Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
7Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
8LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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