Where does “jato” come from?

jato (Portuguese) comes from Latin iactus, 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.

jato (Portuguese): Alternative form of jacto

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of jacto

Ancestry of “jato”, step by step

jato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin iactus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
2Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
3Latiniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline
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

via Kabuverdianu jato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianujato
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin iaceō
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