Where does “invejar” come from?
invejar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese inveja, from Old Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
invejar (Portuguese): to envy; to begrudge
Definitions
- to envy; to begrudge
Ancestry of “invejar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | inveja | envy |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | enveja | — |
| 3 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 4 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 5 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |