Word of the Day
envy
Envy
Latin
Latin/inˈwi.de.re/Modern English/ˈɛn.vi/
“The sin of wanting what others have is named for the act of watching — invidere in Latin means to look upon with ill-will, and the evil eye is built into the word's origin.”
Latin invidere — to look upon with envy — combines in- (upon) and videre (to see). To envy was literally to look ill-willed at someone. The evil eye — oculus malus, mauvais oeil — was the corollary: the envious look was believed to cause harm. From Roman antiquity through the Middle Ages, envy was understood as a visual phenomenon: the looking itself was dangerous.
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