EuroLex/F/Jelly


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: gelée - 1. frost, freeze; 2. jelly, aspic

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF gelée "a frost, jelly", fem. pp. of geler "congeal", from L gelare "to freeze", from gelu "frost".

Jellyfish as the popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures is from 1841. Jellybean first attested 1908. Jellyroll "cylindrical cake containing jelly or jam" is from 1895; as slang for "vagina, sexual intercourse" it dates from 1914.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
meaning 2:

Estonian: tarretis

Finnish: hyytelö