zeal
English
/ziːl/, /zil/
noun
Definitions
- The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
- (obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
- The collective noun for a group of zebras.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English zele derived from Old French zel derived from Latin zēlus (zeal) derived from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zeal, jealousy, eager rivalry, jealous).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ζῆλος
Gloss
zeal, jealousy, eager rivalry, jealous
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overzeal English
- zealed English
- zealful English
- zealless English
- zealousy English
- zelosus Latin
- zelus Latin
- zelōsus Latin
- zēlus Latin
- zēlōsus Latin
- Gatter German
- jaloux French
- celo Spanish, Castilian
- ζηλότυπος Ancient Greek
- ζηλόω Ancient Greek
- ζῆλος Ancient Greek
- *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- sjalu Norwegian Bokmål
- zelo Portuguese
- sjalu Norwegian Nynorsk
- zele Middle English
- zel Old French
- zel Catalan, Valencian
- ζήλος Greek (modern)
- sêl Welsh
- zel Middle French
- cio Old Portuguese
- gelos Old Occitan