Etymology

turbojet

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Today it means: A jet engine that develops thrust solely from high-speed exhaust gases expelled from a turbine that drives a compressor. Full definition →

English jet ← French jet ← Old French get
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The story

  1. Englishturbinebf.
  2. Ancient Greekτύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
  3. Latinturba
  4. Latinturbō, ~binis
  5. Englishturbo-
  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 todayturbojet

From turbo- + jet.

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