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- Latin · derived frominvītō
- Old French · derived fromenvier
- Middle English · derived fromenvien
- 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.