Etymograph

English

jellyish

From jelly + -ish.

Formed from jelly + -ish

Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’

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Latin gelo ‘to freeze, cause to congeal’

Early Medieval Latin gelāta

Old French gelee ‘cold spell’

Middle English gele ‘a jelly made from the stock of meats or a…’

English jelly

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of jelly; jellylike.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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