Where does “gajeta” come from?
gajeta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian gaeta, from Latin Cāiēta, from Ancient Greek Καιήτη, from Ancient Greek καίω, from Proto-Hellenic *káyyō.
gajeta (Serbo-Croatian): a type of sailboat
Ancestry of “gajeta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gaeta | — |
| 2 | Latin | Cāiēta | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Καιήτη | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καίω | I light, kindle, set on fire; I burn, burn up; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *káyyō | — |