Where does “zseton” come from?

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

zseton (Hungarian): chip, token

Definitions

  1. chip, token

Ancestry of “zseton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchjetonA game chip or token, a counter; A Scrabble tile
2Frenchjeterto throw; to throw away, discard of; to throw...
3Old Frenchjeterto throw
4Latiniectāre
5Latiniactāre
6Latiniaciōto throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away
7Proto-Indo-European(H)yeh₁-to throw

Words derived from “zseton

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)yeh₁-Every word from Latin iaciōEvery word from Latin iactāre
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