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Where does “jectare” come from?

jectare (Late Latin) comes from Latin iactare, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “jectare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniactarepresent active infinitive of iactō; second-person...
2Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
3Latiniaceō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “jectare”

  • jetty
  • jettison
  • jetsam
  • jitney
  • jete
  • jeté
  • jeton
  • parge
  • jetton
  • jettisonable
  • parget
  • parging
  • pargeter
  • jettiness
  • rigettare
  • rigettabile
  • gettone
  • gettonare
  • gettare
  • жетон
  • jetable
  • jeton
  • jetée
  • jeter
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