Where does “adroit” come from?
adroit (French) comes from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adroit (French): skilful, apt, skilled
Definitions
- skilful, apt, skilled
Ancestry of “adroit”, step by step
adroit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French à
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 2 | English | avie | emulously |
| 3 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 4 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 5 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 6 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French droit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | droit | right; law; right angle |
| 2 | Old French | droit | justice, right; right; correct; justified; right |
| 3 | Late Latin | drictus | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 5 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |