Etymology

bizjet

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Today it means: A relatively small jet aircraft designed for transporting groups of businesspeople or wealthy individuals. Full definition →

English jet ← French jet ← Old French get
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*bisīg
  2. Old Englishbisiġ
  3. Old Englishbisiġnes
  4. Middle Englishbisynes
  5. Englishbusinessclip.
  6. Englishbiz
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
  9. Latiniaciō
  10. Latiniactus
  11. Vulgar Latin*iectus
  12. Old Frenchget
  13. Frenchjet
  14. Englishjet
  15. English todaybizjet

From biz + jet, from business jet.

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