jalous
Old French
adj
Definitions
- eager; zealous
- jealous
Etymology
Inherited from Latin zelosus 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
- jealous English
- zealousy English
- zelosus Latin
- zelus Latin
- zelōsus Latin
- zēlus Latin
- zēlōsus Latin
- Gatter German
- gelosia Italian
- geloso Italian
- jaloers Dutch, Flemish
- jalousie French
- jaloux French
- celoso Spanish, Castilian
- ζηλότυπος Ancient Greek
- ζηλόω Ancient Greek
- ζῆλος Ancient Greek
- *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- sjalu Norwegian Bokmål
- sjalu Norwegian Nynorsk
- jelous Middle English
- jelousnesse Middle English
- jelouste Middle English
- jaloux Danish
- gelus Old French
- celoso Galician
- ζήλος Greek (modern)
- jalours Middle Dutch
- gelos Old Occitan
- zjelous Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish