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Where does “afin” come from?

afin (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.

afin (French): to; so that

Definitions

  1. to; so that

Ancestry of “afin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchàto; on the, to; at
2Englishavieemulously
3Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
4Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
5Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
6LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →