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Where does “iactus” come from?

iactus (Latin) comes 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.

iactus (Latin): thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...

Definitions

  1. thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...

Ancestry of “iactus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iactus”

  • jet
  • aa
  • adjective
  • adjectival
  • inkjet
  • jess
  • turbojet
  • ramjet
  • LaserJet
  • rejet
  • overjet
  • jetway
  • electrojet
  • adjectivally
  • dijet
  • jetter
  • deadjectival
  • multijet
  • pulsejet
  • subjet
  • jetlike
  • bizjet
  • jetport
  • jessed
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