Etymology

trijet

T1R1I1J8E1T1

Today it means: An aircraft powered by three jet engines. Full definition →

English jet ← French jet ← Old French get
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
  8. Latiniaciō
  9. Latiniactus
  10. Vulgar Latin*iectus
  11. Old Frenchget
  12. Frenchjet
  13. Englishjet
  14. English todaytrijet

From tri- + jet.

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