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Old English grǣdig, of Germanic origin.

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From Middle English gredy, from Old English grǣdiġ(“greedy, hungry, eager”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz(“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô(“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēdʰ-(“to be hungry, long for”), equivalent to greed +‎ -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag(“greedy”), Dutch graag(“gladly, willingly”), Old High German grātag(“greedy”), Danish grådig(“greedy”), Norwegian Bokmål grådig(“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr(“greedy”), gráði(“greed, hunger”)), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃( grēdags, “hungry”). Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit गृद्धि(gṛddhi, “greed”), Albanian ngordh(“to crave for, starve, die”).

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greedy (adj.)

Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (source also of Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *græduz (source also of Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- (2) "to like, want" (source of Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").

In Greek, the word was philargyros, literally "money-loving." A German word for it is habsüchtig, from haben "to have" + sucht "sickness, disease," with sense tending toward "passion for."