covet, to
Marianne Uehlin... - Sun, 11/22/2015 - 16:04
English Notes:
Goblet: 2:247 ... so that you do not covet your next one's goods and chattels ...
English Description:
etymology online:
mid-13c., from Old French coveitier "covet, desire, lust after" (12c., Modern French convoiter, influenced by con- words), probably ultimately from Latin cupiditas "passionate desire, eagerness, ambition," from cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity). Related: Coveted; coveting.
to covet sb. sth. = jdm. etwas neiden
to covet sth. = auf etw. versessen sein
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