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English word avid comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ow-, Latin -idus ((suffix forming verbs) tending to.)
*h₂ow- (Proto-Indo-European)
-idus (Latin)
(suffix forming verbs) tending to.
*awēō (Proto-Italic)
To desire, to wish.
aveo (Latin)
I am well or fare well. I desire, wish or long for, crave.
avidus (Latin)
(for food) Eager, hungry, voracious, gluttonous; insatiable.. (of space) Vast, wide, large.. Eager, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate.. Greedy, avaricious, covetous.
avide (French)
Avid, eager, desirous. Greedy, grasping.
avid (English)
Enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.