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