Etymograph

English

subjet

From sub- + jet.

Formed from sub- + jet

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

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Latin iactus ‘a throwing, a throw’

Vulgar Latin *iectus

Old French get

French jet ‘spurt’

English jet

Today it means

noun One of a number of smaller jets formed by the breakup of a larger one

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subjet”. 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.

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