Etymology

jetevator

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Today it means: A control surface used to redirect the exhaust from a rocket and thus change its direction of thrust. Full definition →

English elevator ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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The story

  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. Englishjet
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  11. Proto-Italic*eks
  12. Latinex
  13. Latinex-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  16. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  17. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  18. Latinlevis
  19. Latinlevō
  20. Latinēlevō
  21. Latinēlevātus
  22. Middle Englishelevat
  23. Middle Englishelevaten
  24. Englishelevate
  25. Englishelevator
  26. English todayjetevator

Blend of jet + elevator.

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