Where does “jalousie” come from?

jalousie (Middle French) comes from Italian gelosia, from Italian geloso, from Latin zēlōsus, from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek Ζῆλος, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Ancestry of “jalousie”, step by step

jalousie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian gelosia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangelosiajealousy; shutter
2Italiangelosojealous
3Latinzēlōsusjealous
4Latinzēluszeal, emulation
5Ancient GreekΖῆλοςZelus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Old Italian gelosia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italiangelosia—

Words derived from “jalousie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Ancient Greek Ζῆλος →Every word from Latin zēlus →