Where does “jakorepèt” come from?

jakorepèt (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole repete, from French répéter, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

jakorepèt (Haitian Creole): A stupid person who repeats everything he hears

Definitions

  1. A stupid person who repeats everything he hears

Ancestry of “jakorepèt”, step by step

jakorepèt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Haitian Creole repete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolerepeteto repeat
2Frenchrépéterto repeat; to repeat oneself
3Old Frenchrepeterto repeat; to say multiple times
4Latinrepetōto attack again; to go back to
5Latinrĕ-back, backwards
6Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
7Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
8Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Haitian Creole jako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolejakoparrot
2Frenchjacquota name given to any chattering bird such as parrots, magpies and jays
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →