The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromζῆλος“zeal, jealousy”
- English todayzealousy
From Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ζηλόω (zēlóō, “to emulate, to be jealous”), equivalent to zealous + -y.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζῆλος all →
jealouszealzealous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.