English
jet sweep
From jet + sweep.
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
Proto-Germanic *swaipaną ‘to sweep’
Proto-Germanic *swaipijaną ‘to sweep’
Proto-West Germanic *swaipijan ‘to sweep’
Anglian Old English *swēpan
Middle English swepen ‘to sweep (something)’
English sweep
Today it means
noun A play where a wide receiver catches a short pitch, then runs left or right prior to running downfield.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jet sweep