Where does “jetski” come from?
jetski (Dutch) comes from English jetski, from English jet, from French jet, from Old French get, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
jetski (Dutch): jetski
Definitions
- jetski
Ancestry of “jetski”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jetski | A powered watercraft with a seat and handlebars... |
| 2 | English | jet | A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or... |
| 3 | French | jet | throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet |
| 4 | Old French | get | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | iectus | — |
| 6 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 9 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |