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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | jeton | A game chip or token, a counter; A Scrabble tile |
| 2 | French | jeter | to throw; to throw away, discard of; to throw... |
| 3 | Old French | jeter | to throw |
| 4 | Latin | iectāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | iactāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | iaciō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)yeh₁- | to throw |
Words derived from “jetnée”