Meaning

noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

noun a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin…

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