Etymology

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Today it means: In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree Full definition →

English enviable ← Middle English envie ← Old French envie
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The story

  1. Old Frenchenvie
  2. Middle Englishenvie
  3. Englishenvy
  4. Englishenviable
  5. English todayenviably

From enviable + -ly.

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