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Where does “avaler” come from?

avaler (French) comes from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.

avaler (French): to swallow; to believe; to support

Definitions

  1. to swallow; to believe; to support

Ancestry of “avaler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavaldownstream area, lower reaches; approval,...
2Frenchàto; on the, to; at
3Englishavieemulously
4Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
5Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
6Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
7LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “avaler”

  • avale
  • ravaler
  • ravalement
  • avaleur
  • avaliste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →