Where does “ĵetilo” come from?
ĵetilo (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.
ĵetilo (Esperanto): projectile launcher
Ancestry of “ĵetilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĵeti | to throw, fling, lob, pitch |
| 2 | French | jeter | to throw; to throw away, discard of; to throw... |
| 3 | Old French | jeter | to throw |
| 4 | Latin | iectāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | iactāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | iaciō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)yeh₁- | to throw |