Where does “jetée” come from?

jetée (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.

jetée (French): pier; jetty; feminine singular of the past...

Definitions

  1. pier; jetty; feminine singular of the past...

Ancestry of “jetée”, step by step

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