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Where does “ĵetegi” come from?

ĵetegi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĵeti, from French jeter, from Old French jeter, from Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre, from Latin iaciō, from Proto-Indo-European (H)yeh₁- — to throw.

ĵetegi (Esperanto): to hurl, to throw with all one's might or...

Definitions

  1. to hurl, to throw with all one's might or...

Ancestry of “ĵetegi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĵetito throw, fling, lob, pitch
2Frenchjeterto throw; to throw away, discard of; to throw...
3Old Frenchjeterto throw
4Latiniectāre—
5Latiniactāre—
6Latiniaciō—
7Proto-Indo-European(H)yeh₁-to throw
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