Where does “제트” come from?
제트 (Korean) comes from English jet, from French jet, from Old French get, from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
제트 (Korean): jet
Definitions
- jet
Ancestry of “제트”, step by step
제트 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English jet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jet | A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or... |
| 2 | French | jet | throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet |
| 3 | Old French | get | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | iectus | — |
| 5 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 8 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Japanese ゼット
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ゼット | — |
| 2 | English | zed | The name of the Latin-script letter Z; Something... |
| 3 | Middle English | zed | — |
| 4 | Old French | zede | — |
| 5 | Latin | zēta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ζῆτα | zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤆 | this |
| 8 | Egyptian | ? | — |
via Dutch z
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | z | south |