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Where does “jeté” come from?

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

jeté (French): jete; Strip of fabric or embroidery which is used...

Definitions

  1. jete; Strip of fabric or embroidery which is used...

Ancestry of “jeté”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jeté”

  • jete
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