envy
‘emulation, malicious grudging’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. envie, envyȝe, inwy(e), invy < O.F. envie ‘envy, jealousy, rivalry’ < Lat. invidia ‘envy, jealousy’ < invidus ‘envious, having hatred or ill-will’ < invidere ‘to envy, hate’ < in- ‘upon’ + videre ‘to see’ < en < en < Tamil il-iṉ