covet

Meaning

Verb

• To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
• To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
• To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.

Origin

• From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié, presumably modified from Latin cupiditas. First used in the 14th century.