Savirius@lemmy.world to Etymology@kbin.socialEnglish · 1 year ago

Most words ending with -vious are from Latin via, "road, way*, including "obvious" (in the way), "impervious" (no way thru), "devious" (off the way, cf. deviate), and "previous" (ahead on the way)

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Most words ending with -vious are from Latin via, "road, way*, including "obvious" (in the way), "impervious" (no way thru), "devious" (off the way, cf. deviate), and "previous" (ahead on the way)

Savirius@lemmy.world to Etymology@kbin.socialEnglish · 1 year ago

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The similarity of “envious” and “oblivious” is coincidental:

envious is just envy + -ous, where envy is from Latin invidia “envy”.
oblivious is from Latin obliviosus, from oblivium “forgetfulness” + -osus “-ous”.

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