envy

Senso (Inglese)

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɛnvi/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest.

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