Etymology

avid

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Today it means: Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something. Full definition →

French avide ← Latin avidu
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The story

  1. Latinavidu
  2. Frenchavide
  3. English todayavid

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Words from the same roots

Latinavidus all →

avidin

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