English
jetbead
From jet + bead.
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 *bedą ‘prayer, entreaty’
Proto-West Germanic *bed ‘prayer’
Proto-West Germanic *gabed ‘prayer’
Old English ġebed ‘prayer’
Middle English bede ‘a prayer’
English bead
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jetbead