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English word envy comes from Latin ingratus (Thankless. Ungrateful. Unpleasant, disagreeable.), Latin visitare, Proto-Indo-European *gel-

ingratus (Latin)

Thankless. Ungrateful. Unpleasant, disagreeable.

visitare (Latin)

*gel- (Proto-Indo-European)

to see, to ball up, clench, to be cold, freeze, to gleam, cold , to freeze

ira (Latin)

Ire, anger, wrath.

envie (Old French)

envie (Middle English)

envy (English)

(obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.. (obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. [14th-18thc.]. (obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.. An object of envious notice or feeling.. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13thc.] (obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.. (obsolete) To emulate.. (obsolete) To hate.. (obsolete) To [...]

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