Etymology

vie

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Today it means: To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. Full definition →

Middle English envien ← Old French envier ← Latin invītō
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  1. Latin · derived frominvītō
  2. Old French · derived fromenvier
  3. Middle English · derived fromenvien
  4. English todayvie

Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō.

Words from the same roots

Latininvītō all →

invite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.