Etymograph

English

jetton

Jetton comes from French jeton ‘a game chip or token, a counter’, from jeter ‘to throw’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-1‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō1‘to throw’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactō2as iactāre
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEiectāre2
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jeter2‘to throw’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentjeter3‘to throw’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentjeton4‘a game chip or token, a counter’
  9. Englishtodayjetton4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin iacto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French jeter
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French jeton
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English jetton

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, Latin iacto‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, Latin iactoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, Latin iacto‘to throw’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactōWiktionary, French jeteras iactāre
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEiectāreWiktionary, French jeter
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jeterWiktionary, French jeter‘to throw’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentjeterWiktionary, French jeton‘to throw’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentjetonWiktionary, English jetton‘a game chip or token, a counter’
  9. EnglishtodayjettonWiktionary, English jetton

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, projection, objection, projectile, ejection, objector, 22 more

through Latin iaciō ‘to throw’

project, disease, ease, object, adjacent, injection, jet, inject, gist, adjective, conjecture, ejaculation, eject, ejaculate, joist, interject, subjection, 30 more

through Latin iactō

jess, jettison, 5 more

through Late Latin iectāre

jetty, 3 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jetton”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin iacto, French jeter, French jeton. 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- / jetton

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