Where did the word avaricious come from?
Score: 4.6/5 (69 votes) avaricious (adj.) late 14c., "miserly, stingy;" early 15c., "greedy, covetous," from Old French avaricios "greedy, covetous" (Modern French avaricieux), from avarice "greed" (see avarice). An Old English word for it was.Is avarice a French word?From Middle English avarice, fr...