Covet
Middle English: from Old French cuveitier, based on Latin cupiditas (see cupidity).
wiktionary
From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié(“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas. First used in the 14th century.
etymonline
covet (v.)
mid-13c., "to desire or wish for inordinately or without regard for the rights of others," from Old French coveitier "covet, desire, lust after" (12c., Modern French convoiter, influenced by con- words), probably ultimately from Latin cupiditas "passionate desire, eagerness, ambition," from cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity). From mid-14c. in a good sense, "desire or wish for eagerly, desire to obtain or possess." Related: Coveted; coveting.
