English
jess
Jess comes from Latin iaciō ‘to throw’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactōas iactare
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*iectusreconstructed
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gies
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ges
- Englishearliest quotation 1486jess
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactōas iactare
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*iectusreconstructed
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gies
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ges
- Englishearliest quotation 1486jess
Earliest quotation: 1486, Juliana Berners, The booke of hauking: “Haukes haue about theyr legges gesses made of lether…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, enema, abject, jut, iambic, jetsam, 37 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 23 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw’
project, disease, ease, object, adjacent, injection, gist, conjecture, inject, adjective, ejaculation, ejection, eject, ejaculate, subjection, joist, interject, 31 more
through Latin iactō
through Vulgar Latin *iectus
Today it means
noun A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / jess