Where does “alĵeti” come from?

alĵeti (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.

alĵeti (Esperanto): to throw (in a specified direction); to throw to, at or against

Definitions

  1. to throw (in a specified direction); to throw to, at or against

Ancestry of “alĵeti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĵetito throw, fling, lob, pitch
2Frenchjeterto throw; to throw away, discard of; to throw...
3Old Frenchjeterto throw
4Latiniectāre
5Latiniactāre
6Latiniaciōto throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away
7Proto-Indo-European(H)yeh₁-to throw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)yeh₁-Every word from Latin iaciōEvery word from Latin iactāre
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