Etymograph

English

envie

Envie comes from French envie ‘urge, craving’, from Latin invidia ‘envy, grudge, grudging, jealousy, prejudice,…’, and ultimately from invidus ‘envious’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvidus‘envious’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvidia‘envy, grudge, grudging, jealousy, prejudice, spite’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enveie
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentenvie‘urge, craving’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2009envie

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvidus‘envious’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvidia‘envy, grudge, grudging, jealousy, prejudice, spite’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enveie
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentenvie‘urge, craving’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2009envie

Earliest quotation: 2009, Shane Hebert, The Ballad of Corey Robichaux: “Oooo, yum." Linda licked her lips. "I had an…”.

Linked words

through Latin invidia ‘envy, grudge, grudging, jealousy, prejudice,…’

envy, invidious

Today it means

noun A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin invidus / envie

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