Where does “avid” come from?

avid (Romanian) comes from French avide, from Latin avidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

avid (Romanian): avid, eager, desirous; greedy, grasping

Definitions

  1. avid, eager, desirous; greedy, grasping

Ancestry of “avid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavideavid, eager, desirous; greedy, grasping
2LatinavidusGreedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,...
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →