Where does “jetnée” come from?

jetnée (Louisiana Creole French) 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.

Ancestry of “jetnée”, 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 “jetnée”

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