Where does “जेलख़ाना” come from?
जेलख़ाना (Hindi) comes from Hindi जेल, from English gel, from English gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Italian gelare, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
जेलख़ाना (Hindi): prison, jail
Ancestry of “जेलख़ाना”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | जेल | jail, the slammer; gel |
| 2 | English | gel | A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid... |
| 3 | English | gelatin | A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of... |
| 4 | French | gélatine | gelatine |
| 5 | Italian | gelatina | gelatin |
| 6 | Italian | gelare | To freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be... |
| 7 | Latin | gelō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |