Where does “envious” come from?
envious (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, from Latin invidiōsus, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
envious (Middle English): aggressive, malignant
Definitions
- aggressive, malignant
Ancestry of “envious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | envious | envious; jealous |
| 2 | Old French | envieus | — |
| 3 | Latin | invidiōsus | envious, invidious, hostile |
| 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- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |