jelous
Middle English
/dʒɛˈluːs/
adj
Definitions
- Jealous about a relationship; fearful about one's partner cheating.
- Heartless, ruthless, strong; having great might and little empathy.
- Loving, passionate; having much love or passion.
- (rare) Bearing envy; jealous; resentful of another's possessions or status.
- (rare) Paranoid; having suspicion or mistrust.
- (rare) Diligent, anxious, protective.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French jalous derived from Latin zelosus.
Origin
Latin
zelosus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jealous English
- jealoushood English
- jealously English
- jealousness English
- nonjealous English
- overjealous English
- unjealous English
- zelosus Latin
- zelus Latin
- zelōsus Latin
- gelosia Italian
- jaloux French
- ζῆλος Ancient Greek
- jelousnesse Middle English
- jelouste Middle English
- gelus Old French
- jalous Old French
- ĵaluza Esperanto
- celoso Galician
- jalours Middle Dutch