English
avid
Avid comes from French avide ‘avid, eager, desirous’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to enjoy’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to enjoy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-eh₁yetireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaveō‘wish, desire, long for, crave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEavidus‘eager, desirous’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentavide‘avid, eager, desirous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1996avid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to enjoy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-eh₁yetireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaveō‘wish, desire, long for, crave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEavidus‘eager, desirous’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentavide‘avid, eager, desirous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1996avid
Earliest quotation: 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster: “We waited for something to happen, for anything to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to enjoy’
love, audience, egg, ear, audit, acoustic, oval, obey, aviation, audible, anesthesia, ey, ovation, auspicious, aural, avian, ocarina, aviator, otolaryngology, aviary, 66 more
through Latin aveō ‘wish, desire, long for, crave’
through Latin avidus ‘eager, desirous’
Today it means
adj Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- / avid