Where does “upjet” come from?

upjet (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.

upjet (English): To jet upward

Definitions

  1. To jet upward

Ancestry of “upjet”, step by step

upjet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English jet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjetA collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or...
2Frenchjetthrow; spurt, spout, jet; jet
3Old Frenchget
4Vulgar Latiniectus
5Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
6Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
7Latiniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline
8Latin-eō
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via English up

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishupto a vertical axis
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin iaceō