Where does “akin” come from?
akin (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian aki, from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
akin (Hungarian): superessive singular of aki
Definitions
- superessive singular of aki
Ancestry of “akin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | aki | who |
| 2 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 3 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 11 | Latin | în | — |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |