Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “envieus” come from?

envieus (Old French) comes from Latin invidiōsus, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “envieus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininvidiōsus—
2Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
3Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
4LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “envieus”

  • envious
  • enviously
  • unenvious
  • enviousness
  • unenviously
  • envious
  • envieux
  • envieuse
  • envieusement
  • envious
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →