English

jetcar

From jet + car.

A compound of jet + car

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-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós ‘vehicle’

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Gaulish *karros ‘wagon’

Latin carrus ‘two-wheeled baggage wagon’

Anglo-Norman carre

Middle English carre ‘cart’

English car

Today it means

noun A car capable of travelling at very high speeds.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.