avarice.
Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Meaning & usage
Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti Latin aveō Latin avārus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin avāritiabor. Old French avaricebor. Middle English avarice English avarice From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
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