ˈdʒɛləs
Suspecting rivalry in love; protective of one's rights or possessions; envious of another's advantages.
To my sick soul (as sin's true nature is) So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5
For Hector in his blaze of wrath subscribes To tender objects, but he in heat of action Is more vindicative than jealous love
Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene 5
jelous /jelous/
Middle English, England
jalous /jalous/
Old French, France
zelosus /zelosus/
Late Latin, Roman Empire