Etymograph

English

trijet

From tri- + jet.

A compound of tri- + jet

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

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 An aircraft powered by three jet engines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trijet”. 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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