English

jealusty

Blend of jealousy + lust.

Old French jalousie

Middle English jalousie ‘Jealousness or jealousy in a relationship or…’

Proto-Germanic *lustuz ‘lust, desire, want’

Proto-West Germanic *lustu ‘desire, want, lust’

Old English lust ‘lust, pleasure, longing’

Middle English lust

English lust

Today it means

noun The quality of being both attracted to and jealous of someone.

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Etymograph / jealusty