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Where does “Aval” come from?

Aval (German) comes from Italian avallo, from Russian ава́ль, from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.

Ancestry of “Aval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavallo—
2Russianава́ль—
3Frenchavaldownstream area, lower reaches; approval,...
4Frenchàto; on the, to; at
5Englishavieemulously
6Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
7Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
8Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
9LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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