Where does “git” come from?
git (Dutch) comes from French jet, from Old French get, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
git (Dutch): lignite; jet; a stone made of this material
Definitions
- lignite; jet; a stone made of this material
Ancestry of “git”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jet | throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet |
| 2 | Old French | get | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | iectus | — |
| 4 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 7 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |