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Where does “jalouse” come from?

jalouse (Scots) comes from Old French jalouser — to be jealous of.

jalouse (Scots): to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to...

Definitions

  1. to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to...

Ancestry of “jalouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjalouserto be jealous of

Words derived from “jalouse”

  • jalouse
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