Where does “jetter” come from?
jetter (English) comes from English jet, from French jet, from Old French get, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
jetter (English): One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a...
Definitions
- One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a...
Ancestry of “jetter”, step by step
jetter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English jet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jet | A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or... |
| 2 | French | jet | throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet |
| 3 | Old French | get | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | iectus | — |
| 5 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 8 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |