The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσίνᾱπι
- Latin · derived fromsināpi
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*sināpātium
- Old French · derived fromsenevé
- Middle English · inherited fromsenvey
- English todaysenvy
From Middle English senvey, senevey, from Old French senevé, senevei, from Vulgar Latin *sināpātium, from Latin sināpi (→ Old French senef), from Ancient Greek σίνᾱπι (sínāpi).
Words from the same roots
Latinsināpi all →
sinaminesinapinesinapinicsinapism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.