The story
- Latin · derived fromcupiditas“desire”
- Anglo-Norman · derived from*cuveitus
- Middle English · inherited fromcoveitous
- English todaycovetous
From Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-Norman *cuveitus, from Medieval Latin as if *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (“desire”); see covet.
Words from the same roots
Latincupiditas all →
covetcupidity
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.