desire
(Anglès)
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/dɪˈzaɪə/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English desir, desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin dēsīderō (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”), apparently from de- + sidus (in the phrase de sidere, "from the stars") in connection with astrological hopes. Compare consider and desiderate. Displaced native Old English wilnung (“desire”) and wilnian (“to desire”).
Related words
wish for
anxious to
hope for
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