zelo
Portuguese
/ˈze.lu/, /ˈzɛ.lu/
noun
Definitions
- special care and dedication for someone or something
- diligence carefulness and attention in doing something
- (chiefly) zeal fervour or devotion
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- 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
- zelador Portuguese
- zelar Portuguese
- zelosamente Portuguese
- zeloso Portuguese
- sjalu Norwegian Nynorsk
- zel Old French
- zel Catalan, Valencian
- ζήλος Greek (modern)
- zel Middle French
- cio Old Portuguese
- gelos Old Occitan