Where does “jetboating” come from?
jetboating (English) comes from English jetboat, 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.
jetboating (English): The recreational use of a jetboat
Definitions
- The recreational use of a jetboat
Ancestry of “jetboating”, step by step
jetboating traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English jetboat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jetboat | A boat propelled by a strong jet of water ejected... |
| 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 |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |