Etymology

counterjet

C3O1U1N1T1E1R1J8E1T1

Today it means: An opposing jet. Full definition →

English jet ← French jet ← Old French get
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
  14. Latiniaciō
  15. Latiniactus
  16. Vulgar Latin*iectus
  17. Old Frenchget
  18. Frenchjet
  19. Englishjet
  20. English todaycounterjet

From counter- + jet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.