Where does “arbalète à jalet” come from?

arbalète à jalet (French) comes from French arbalète, from Old French arbaleste, from Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

arbalète à jalet (French): stone bow

Definitions

  1. stone bow

Ancestry of “arbalète à jalet”, step by step

arbalète à jalet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French arbalète

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharbalètecrossbow; T-bar; Jacob's staff
2Old Frencharbalestearbalest
3LatinarcuballistaProbably a crossbow, or possibly a...
4Latinarcusarc, arch; bow; rainbow
5Latinsoliumseat, chair; throne, chair of state, official...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansodyom
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via French jalet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjalet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sodyomEvery word from Latin solium