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Where does “gelus” come from?

gelus (Old French) comes 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.

gelus (Old French): eager; zealous; jealous

Definitions

  1. eager; zealous; jealous

Ancestry of “gelus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinzēlōsus—
2Latinzēlus—
3Ancient GreekΖῆλος—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “gelus”

  • jealous
  • jealously
  • unjealous
  • jealousness
  • overjealous
  • unjealously
  • nonjealous
  • jealoushood
  • gelus
  • jalous
  • jelousnesse
  • gelousie
  • jelous
  • gelusie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →