Where does “superjet” come from?
superjet (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.
superjet (English): A jet aircraft with some superior quality, such...
Definitions
- A jet aircraft with some superior quality, such...
Ancestry of “superjet”, step by step
superjet 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 super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |