Where does “envieuse” come from?
envieuse (French) comes from French envieux, from Old French envious, from Latin invidiōsus, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
envieuse (French): feminine singular of envieux
Definitions
- feminine singular of envieux
Ancestry of “envieuse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | envieux | envious |
| 2 | Old French | envious | envious; jealous |
| 3 | Latin | invidiōsus | — |
| 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- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “envieuse”