iecto

iecto

Latin

Etymology

Either from iactō, reflecting a general /ja-/ > /je-/ tendency (cf. ienuārius), or back-formed from a compound such as eiectō.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛkto/

Verb

iectō (present infinitive iectāre, perfect active iectāvī, supine iectātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)[1] throw

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: iepta (regional)
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: gettare
  • Neapolitan: jettà
  • Sicilian: jittari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: ghettare, ghettai
• North Italian:
  • Old Lombard: çutar (crossed with buttare)
  • Old Venetian: zitar
  • Piedmontese: getè
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: jeter, geter
    • French: jeter
    • Norman: j'ter (Jersey)
    • →⇒ English: jet, jetsam, jut, jettison
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: gitar
    • → Spanish: jitar
  • Occitan: getar, gitar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: zetare, gitar, chitar; getar
    • Aragonese: chitar, itar
  • Asturian: xeitar
  • Leonese: eichare
  • Old Portuguese: geitar
    • Galician: xeitar
    • Portuguese: jeitar
  • Spanish: echar
    • → Asturian: echar

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “jăctare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 22