jet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A fast aircraft powered by jet engines instead of propellers.

   They flew to New York on a private jet.

2. 2
   noun

   A fast, narrow stream of liquid or gas forced out under pressure.

   A jet of water shot from the broken pipe.

3. 3
   verb

   To come out in a fast, narrow stream.

   Steam jetted from the cracks in the ground.

4. 4
   adj

   Very deep, shiny black.

   She had long, jet black hair.

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Simplified etymology

Jet has two distinct origins, both recorded from the late Middle English period. The name of the hard black semiprecious mineral comes ultimately from Greek gagatēs, meaning “from Gagai,” a town in Asia Minor. Jet referring to a stream of water or gas, or to a jet aircraft, comes from a verb meaning “to jut out,” through French jeter, “to throw,” from Latin jacere, “to throw.”

From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate.

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