jet

jet · noun, verb, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
3. Latiniaciō
4. Latiniactus
5. Vulgar Latin*iectus
6. Old Frenchget
7. Frenchjet
8. English todayjet

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

jet · noun, adjective²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΓαγάτης
2. Latin · derived fromgagātēs
3. Old French · derived fromjayet
4. Middle English · inherited fromget
5. English todayjet

From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate.

jet · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
3. Latiniaciō
4. Latiniactus
5. Vulgar Latin*iectus
6. Old Frenchget
7. Frenchjet
8. English todayjet

Borrowed from French jet.

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