Where does “gettone” come from?

gettone (Italian) 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.

gettone (Italian): token; counter; chip

Definitions

  1. token; counter; chip

Ancestry of “gettone”, 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 “gettone”

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