Where does “zelatrice” come from?

zelatrice (Dutch) comes from French zélatrice, from Latin zelatrix, from Latin zēlō, from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek Ζῆλος, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

zelatrice (Dutch): a female member of a Roman Catholic fraternity or lay organisation

Definitions

  1. a female member of a Roman Catholic fraternity or lay organisation

Ancestry of “zelatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzélatricezelatrix
2LatinzelatrixA female zealot
3Latinzēlōto love ardently or zealously
4Latinzēluszeal, emulation
5Ancient GreekΖῆλοςZelus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Ancient Greek Ζῆλος →Every word from Latin zēlus →