English
biojet
Biojet comes from French jet ‘throw’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-1‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō1‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactus1
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*iectus1reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400get1
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjet1‘throw’
- English1500–presentjet1
- Englishtodaybiojet1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English biojet
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, English biojet‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, English biojetreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, English biojet‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactusWiktionary, English biojet
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*iectusWiktionary, English biojetreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400getWiktionary, English biojet
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjetWiktionary, English biojet‘throw’
- English1500–presentjetWiktionary, English biojet
- EnglishtodaybiojetWiktionary, English biojet
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, enema, abject, jut, iambic, dejection, jetsam, 35 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, objection, projection, projectile, ejection, objector, 22 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
disease, project, ease, object, adjacent, injection, inject, gist, conjecture, adjective, ejaculation, eject, ejaculate, jetty, joist, interject, subjection, jettison, 30 more
through Vulgar Latin *iectus
through French jet ‘throw’
Today it means
noun An aviation fuel combining traditional kerosene-based fuel with biodiesel.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “biojet”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / biojet