Editing Jealousy (section)

== Etymology ==

The word stems from the French ''jalousie'', formed from ''jaloux'' (jealous), and further from [[Vulgar Latin|Low Latin]] ''zelosus'' (full of zeal), in turn from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word {{lang|grc|ζῆλος}} (''zēlos''), sometimes "jealousy", but more often in a positive sense "emulation, ardour, zeal"<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=jealousy&searchmode=none Jealous], Online Etymology Dictionary</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2346217 Zelos], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus
</ref> (with a [[Root (linguistics)|root]] connoting "to [[boil]], [[Fermentation (food)|ferment]]"; or "yeast").{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} The "biblical language" [[wikt:zeal|zeal]] would be known as "tolerating no unfaithfulness" while in middle English zealous is good.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/jealous|title=jealous {{!}} Origin and meaning of jealous by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> One origin word ''gelus'' meant "Possessive and suspicious" the word then turned into ''jelus.''<ref name="auto"/>

Since [[William Shakespeare]]'s use of terms like "green-eyed monster",<ref>''[[Othello]]'', Act III, Scene 3, 170</ref> the color green has been associated with jealousy and envy, from which the expression "green with envy", is derived.