Where does “aval” come from?
aval (Portuguese) comes from German Aval, from Italian avallo, from Russian ава́ль, from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia — in.
aval (Portuguese): permit
Ancestry of “aval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Aval | — |
| 2 | Italian | avallo | — |
| 3 | Russian | ава́ль | — |
| 4 | French | aval | downstream area, lower reaches; approval,... |
| 5 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 6 | English | avie | emulously |
| 7 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 8 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 9 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 10 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 12 | Latin | în | — |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |