Where does “jiltee” come from?

jiltee (English) comes from English jilt, from Scots jillet — a giddy girl, a jill-flirt.

jiltee (English): One who is jilted

Definitions

  1. One who is jilted

Ancestry of “jiltee”, step by step

jiltee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English jilt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjiltA woman who jilts a lover; To cast off...
2Scotsjilleta giddy girl, a jill-flirt

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Scots jillet →Every word from English jilt →