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Where does “avaliste” come from?

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

avaliste (French): guarantor

Definitions

  1. guarantor

Ancestry of “avaliste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavalerto swallow; to believe; to support
2Frenchavaldownstream area, lower reaches; approval,...
3Frenchàto; on the, to; at
4Englishavieemulously
5Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
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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