Meaning

noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods

noun a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit

noun any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele…

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