"jealous" in seven languages
Meaningjealous
Spanish
celoso
/θeˈloso/
learned
Semi-learned, from celo 'zeal' ← Church Latin ZĒLUS; celos 'jealousy'.
French
jaloux
/ʒalu/
borrowed · Old Occitan gelos
fem.: jalouse
Italian
geloso
/dʒeˈloso/
borrowed · Old Provençal gelos
Portuguese
ciumento
/siuˈmẽtu/
other source · from ciúme 'jealousy', from spoken Latin *ZĒLŪMEN (from ZĒLUS)
Zeloso is 'zealous, careful', not jealous.
Romanian
gelos
/dʒeˈlos/
borrowed · Italian geloso
Catalan
gelós
/ʒəˈlos/
inherited
English
jealous
/ˈdʒɛləs/
from Latin/French · Old French gelos
English → ItalianjealousgelosoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*ZĒLŌSUM‘full of zeal (from Greek zêlos)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Jealousy is zeal turned inward. English has both doublets: jealous (via French) and zealous (from Latin), from the same Greek zêlos.
English relatives: jealous, zealous, zeal
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEs muy celoso.
- frIl est très jaloux.
- itÈ molto geloso.
- ptEle é muito ciumento.
- roE foarte gelos.
- caÉs molt gelós.
- enHe's very jealous.