Etymology

avarice

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Today it means: Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth Full definition →

Middle English avarice ← Old French avarice ← Latin avāritia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-eh₁yeti
  3. Latinaveō
  4. Latinavārus
  5. Latinavāritia
  6. Old Frenchavarice
  7. Middle Englishavarice
  8. English todayavarice

From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

Words from the same roots

Latinavāritia all →

avaricious

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