## Meanings
1. A precious stone, especially one set in a ring or necklace.
2. A person or thing that is especially valuable or admired.
3. To decorate something with precious stones.

## Examples
- The crown was covered with sparkling jewels.
- This old town is the jewel of the region.
- She wore a jeweled crown.

## Derived Forms
- bejewel
- eight-jewel
- enjewel
- jewel-babbler
- jewel-neck
- jewel-weed
- jewelcrafting
- jeweler
- jewelfish
- jewelfront
- jewelhouse
- jewelled

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: juel
- Root: jouel
- Root: joyau
- Root: gaudium
- Root: iocus
- Root: جَوْهَر

## Etymology
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.

## AI Etymology
Jewel comes from Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.

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