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Where does “jet” come from?

jet (French) comes from Old French get, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

jet (French): throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet

Definitions

  1. throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet

Ancestry of “jet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchget—
2Vulgar Latiniectus—
3Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
4Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
5Latiniaceō—
6Latin-eō—
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “jet”

  • jet
  • inkjet
  • jess
  • turbojet
  • ramjet
  • LaserJet
  • rejet
  • overjet
  • jetway
  • electrojet
  • dijet
  • jetter
  • multijet
  • pulsejet
  • subjet
  • jetlike
  • bizjet
  • jetport
  • jessed
  • jetski
  • jetboat
  • turboramjet
  • microjet
  • twinjet
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