ENVY
Envy can be used as a noun or as a verb: Envy (noun) is the feeling you have when you envy (verb) want what someone else has.
Word Origin
Envy comes from the Latin word invidere, which literally means “look upon.”
Quotable
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
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