Where does “avarice” come from?
avarice (Middle English) comes from Latin avaritia, from Latin avarus, from Latin avere, from Latin aveo, from Proto-Italic awēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew- — to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be...
Ancestry of “avarice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | avaritia | A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice,... |
| 2 | Latin | avarus | covetous, greedy, avaricious; a greedy man; miser |
| 3 | Latin | avere | present active infinitive of aveō; crave, long... |
| 4 | Latin | aveo | I desire, wish or long for, crave; I am well or... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | awēō | to desire, to wish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |
Words derived from “avarice”