Where does “amid” come from?
amid (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ami, from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
amid (Hungarian): second-person singular single-possession...
Definitions
- second-person singular single-possession...
Ancestry of “amid”, step by step
amid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian ami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ami | which; that |
| 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- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Ammonie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ammonie | Am |